Do we need a "Treaty of the Cloud?"

Could the lack of uniformity of national laws across borders hinder long-term savings associated with cloud computing?

Darrell West, vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, thinks so.

If something is not done to establish cross-border rules for cloud computing, a “Tower of Babel” might emerge that could hamper innovation and organizations’ ability to garner greater economics of sale from this technology, West said on April 7 at an event entitled “The Economics Gains of Cloud Computing.”

The event was held at Brookings Institution headquarters in Washington, D.C. and featured a keynote address by Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer.

Many countries have different rules and laws for cloud computing, privacy, data storage, security processes and personnel training, said West, who also released a new report, “Saving Money Through Cloud Computing,” at the event.

“What is happening internationally is each country is worrying about cloud computing and is essentially starting to impose different standards on what cloud computing means in their particular area,” he said.

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Source: fcw.com
By: Doug Beizer