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Calling for cloud computing privacy laws
"Are you confident that your privacy is being protected? If you live in one country but your data is stored in another, whose laws govern?" Microsoft's Brad Smith demanded to know. "These questions about privacy, security, and international sovereignty require immediate attention."
Will Cloud Computing Kill Privacy?
US government law enforcement agencies need not provide you with a copy of a warrant they have obtained in order to read all of your e-mail stored on an Internet server. It's sufficient to give your Internet service provider notice.
Fed Regulation of Private Data Mulled
Congress should consider enacting legislation allowing the federal government to regulate how the private sector handles and stores data to battle the increasing problem of data breaches
British Government to Create Country Wide Cloud Capability
The British government's newly appointed chief information officer John Suffolk has been given new powers to sign-off all major IT projects with a particular focus placed on the creation of country wide Cloud Computing infrastructure.
Federal IT Agenda: 4 Top Priorities of 2009
There's a Sea-Change in the Offing on Securing Government Systems.
U.S. Army tries out Salesforce.com in recruiting
The military branch turns to CRM, social networking as part of its softer approach to recruiting.
Luring Government IT to the Cloud
Selling software as a service to skeptical federal IT managers is proving easier these days as state and local governments prove turning to SAAS and the cloud can save taxpayer dollars while improving service to constituents
'Security in the cloud' is not the way to go
One of the basic philosophies of security is defense in-depth: overlapping systems designed to provide security even if one of them fails.
The Enterprise Impact of Cloud Computing
Both sides of cloud computing’s “enterprise readiness” debate are likely to have merit for years to come, as security, data portability and data accessibility represent just some of the issues that still need to be ironed out.
Cloud computing in Canada: The enterprise obstacles
Hosted IT infrastructure and applications online can bring benefits, but attendees at this week's first-ever Canadian Cloud Computing Conference heard more about the challenges for corporations
