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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=781263713-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Hello...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=781263713-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>For beginners th<SPAN class=828265313-11072011>is</SPAN>
effort is <SPAN class=828265313-11072011>quite</SPAN>
laudable.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=781263713-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=781263713-11072011>However, it will be quite reassuring to know that this
data, which will keep growing as time goes </SPAN><SPAN
class=781263713-11072011>is </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=781263713-11072011>ultimately under safe custody of the said host, since
we do not physically control </SPAN><SPAN class=781263713-11072011>the
</SPAN><SPAN class=781263713-11072011>infrastructure.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=781263713-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Being a sensitive site it is, and with the high stakes
attached to our national pride, I suggest security
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=781263713-11072011>be tightened a lot on it so that we do not start
seeing </SPAN><SPAN class=781263713-11072011>some </SPAN><SPAN
class=781263713-11072011>potshots aimed at it, from the likes of
Lulzec...</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=781263713-11072011>And again, it will be good to load balance the site on
a number of servers, across the</SPAN><SPAN class=781263713-11072011> internet
cloud..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=781263713-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>We can mirror locally, also.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=781263713-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Harry</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B>
kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Francis Hook<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 11, 2011 4:14
PM<BR><B>To:</B> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it
sit?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>When a ship anchor severs a submarine cable...it matters - esp
when/if a provider does not have redundancy. If hosted locally,
then services stay up. of course we have our own cable cuts but we could
work around them easier than intl cuts. My two cowries.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 11 July 2011 16:06, Rad! <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex"
class=gmail_quote>Good people,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Sometimes we insist on seeing the trees at the expense of seeing the
forest.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>In the larger scheme of things, where does it matter where the data is
hosted? Is this more of a consideration than the availability of the data?
Does it really matter that the data is in Seattle, Sears, Seaton or Senna?
Does this in any way hinder our access to it?</DIV>
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