New International Standards Will Help Cloud Customers Understand and Control Risk
Cloud computing offers tremendous economic benefits, but it raises a host of critical challenges for legal and compliance professionals in customer organizations as well as for regulators. Vendor-neutral regulations that...Read more
Craig Shank
Craig Shank, Vice President, Corporate Standards, Microsoft Corp. , USA
Achieving Trust and Compliance in the Cloud
The accelerating shift from traditional on-premises information technology (“IT”) systems to cloud computing presents in-house counsel with a veritable obstacle course of compliance challenges and regulatory pitfalls. Virtually every industry...Read more
Rich Sauer
CVP & Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft, USA
The Cloud - Is There a Silver Lining?
Cloud computing in its various forms is well and truly entrenched in the global IT world, despite still being comparatively in its infancy. The range of offerings through the cloud...Read more
Guy Betar
Senior Legal Counsel ANZ, TIBCO Software Inc, Australia
'Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining, or Does It?'
Advertisements scream promises of unlimited resources and limited cost; a veritable pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Providers tout a perfect cloud solution that can handle any...Read more
Vincent Catanzaro
Senior Counsel, Global Discovery Manager, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, USA
The Global Impact of the New HIPAA Rules on Cloud Service Providers: A Hypothetical Conversation
As in house counsel, we are often tasked with wearing multiple hats, not all of which are legal. This can occasionally be a challenge, but in most cases, it represents...Read more
Todd Tabor
Associate General Counsel, Enterprise Security Products, HP Software, Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), USA
Cloud Computing: Contracting and Compliance Issues for In-House Counsel
Many organizations across the world are adopting Cloud based services, to reduce information technology (“IT”) costs and to meet rapidly growing business demands. Organizations now have to think about purchasing...Read more
Shahab Ahmed
Managing Counsel, Lead Privacy Counsel, Etihad Airways and Etihad Aviation Group, UAE
SOLIDIFYING THE CLOUD: How Cloud Services are Maturing and Becoming Mainstream
Some say that what is so incredible about the cloud computing phenomenon is the speed at which it has taken hold. What may be interesting to learn is that cloud...Read more
Joanna Cassey
Senior Corporate Counsel, Hewlett Packard Limited, UK
A Discussion of Practical Steps to Harmonize Data Protection Rules Globally
While cloud computing holds tremendous potential to drive efficiency, cost-savings, innovation and growth in both public and private sectors, there are certain obstacles to rapid adoption around the world in...Read more
Shahab Ahmed
Managing Counsel, Lead Privacy Counsel, Etihad Airways and Etihad Aviation Group, UAE
Cloud Computing: Instructions for use
Cloud computing seems to be on everybody’s mouth as the future trend in IT. Notwithstanding the fact that it has been around for some years, it continues to represent a...Read more
Sergio Calderara
Partner, Italy
Head in the Clouds: Navigating the Legal Cloud Nebula: Part2
In the world of computing and technology much has happened in a short time. This is especially true with respect to the new (sort of) technology known as “cloud computing”....Read more
Joseph Bambara
Attorney at Law, WithersworldWide/UCNY, USA