Amazon’s removal of WikiLeaks from its servers threatens the future of cloud computing and jeopardizes the huge potential growth of its adoption, according to a leading industry figure.
Dr. Joseph Reger, Chief Technology Officer for Fujitsu Technology Solutions, said that Amazon’s reaction shows the need for an industry-wide approach to service level agreements and codes of practice:
“The provider simply cut off cloud services for WikiLeaks—that is, its server capacity, which made WikiLeaks inaccessible on the internet.
Amazon’s reason: WikiLeaks violated its terms and conditions. This is bad news for the new IT paradigm of cloud computing. If a provider can terminate its service that easily, then it is doing exactly what skeptics expect, putting the security and availability of cloud services into question.
Amazon may be able to prove its accusation—but it still leaves a bad taste. Where will this lead? Should providers of cloud services constantly review whether any of their customers are pursuing an unpopular or immoral activity and continually make value judgments as to whether they are willing to continue the service?
Many potential customers for cloud computing services will, I fear, have been paying attention and will now be forced to reconsider whether they can afford to make their IT that dependent on a third party. Cloud-computing’s reputation has been damaged. For IT, this is the real tragedy.”
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Source: blogs.wsj.com
By: Ben Rooney
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