has had a major interruption to its services, and we've even had a few go to the wall and close the doors before the users can get their data back from the server farms. Yet, despite all this, there are people claiming the cloud is absolutely safe.

Let's put cloud computing into a real historical perspective with a slightly changed quote:

After getting down from the plane, Prime Minister Chamberlain waved the document and said, "There is peace in out time and we have absolute safety with cloud computing."