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A prism bends light. #PRISM reporting bends truth

A prism bends light. #PRISM reporting bends truth

By Paul Miller on June 10, 2013

I wasn’t going to talk about the current fuss around PRISM, but the speed with which conjecture, rumour and some (good) newspaper investigative work has turned into ‘fact’ and ‘truth’ online makes this worth addressing. The conjecture may be correct. The NSA, the FBI, TLA and ETLA might be plugged right into the data centres of the […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged cloud computing, cybersecurity, data protection, FBI, National Security Agency, New York Times, NSA, Patriot Act, prism, safe harbor, snooping, spying, The Guardian, Washington Post | 1 Response

On Geographic Flexibility–OxygenCloud Understands the Need

On Geographic Flexibility–OxygenCloud Understands the Need

By Ben Kepes on March 13, 2012

I’ve written a lot lately about the need for cloud vendors to provide services that are tailored to specific countries or regions. Whether this is due to cross-cultural reasons or merely because of concerns around US located data, as a non US commentator I’m constantly talking with customers who want a service in their particular […]

Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged cloud computing, Macquarie Telecom, netapp, Patriot Act, salesforce.com, USA PATRIOT Act

Microsoft, the USA PATRIOT Act, and European cloud computing

Microsoft, the USA PATRIOT Act, and European cloud computing

By Paul Miller on January 9, 2012

Microsoft announced last month that its Software as a Service (SaaS) offering, Office 365, will better comply with European guidelines to ensure that customer data is adequately protected. This move is certainly welcome, but the long-armed spectre of the USA PATRIOT Act continues to hang over Microsoft and other US companies, regardless of customers’ nationality […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged amazon, cloud computing, data privacy, data protection, data protection act, Data Protection Directive, dpa, European Commission, european data protection, European Union, European Union law, microsoft, Microsoft Office 365, Office 365, Patriot Act, personal privacy, United States | 1 Response

German Clouds… And No, That’s Not a Joke

German Clouds… And No, That’s Not a Joke

By Ben Kepes on September 15, 2011

At the risk of inviting jokes along the lines of “ve haf vays of making you kloud”, I wanted to comment on the recent news that Deutsche Telekom is pushing German regulators to introduce a certification for German or European cloud operators in order to protect customers against the keen eyes of the US Government. […]

Posted in Infrastructure, Trends & Concepts | Tagged cloud computing, Deutsche Telekom, Patriot Act, Reinhard Clemens, United States, walled garden | 4 Responses

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