But a successful cloud-based recovery plan requires more than just a provider, even if the provider will also host your applications later.

FORBES: Disaster Recovery in the Cloud

Instead of contacting the Internet service provider or Web host running a site, anti-phishing groups and the more than 40 companies impersonated by the group had to contact the domain registrar in each case to have the domains shut down.

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Lieberman has called for pressure on other firms that host WikiLeaks, and the American provider EveryDNS has snubbed WikiLeaks too, taking its WikiLeaks.org address offline and forcing the organization to use backups such as WikiLeaks.ch and WikiLeaks.de.

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