Each of us in recent years has been touched by the term “Cloud Computing” in some way. Either through experience using “public cloud services”, media articles, ravings from I.T. boffins, people naming dropping the latest techie terms etc. ... All sources claiming it's the “greatest thing since sliced bread”. You know the drill right?

Many organizations and people have jumped on the public cloud band wagon for various reasons. It's free or cheap (to a point). Data is safely stored with the minimum of hassle. It's flexible to access (anywhere, anytime, most any device). There are all sorts of neat applications that can be used to enhance use of the data. Yup, all great stuff!

All of the above is goodstuff, until, reality bites back. In come the litigators, the legal authorities, the public cloud provider “Terms of Use” statements. Paid any attention to what has been going on with the ? The “take downs”, cloud service providers going out of business, the organization mergers/buyouts? Oh yes scary stuff. Now the “owners” Stored information owners who "thought " it was there their data have found it's no longer theirs the case or access has been cut-off. Ouch!

 ownCloud installed on Amahi is a great combination for home and small business use. ownCloud is a "Cloud Storage" application that provides control of owner data on a private server. Additionally, ownCloud applications be used to provide enhanced use of owner data (music streaming, photo gallery).