Cloud computing holds great potential for both the private sector and the public administration in Europe. Simultaneously, data protection and data security in the cloud have a high priority in order to provide confidence in the context of the revelations about the NSA’s activities critical to cloud computing. More than 95 percent of cloud services…
A group of experts appointed by European Commission will scrutinize how European cloud computing contracts are established. It will also try to develop a standard contract. The European Commission launched a call for applications to recruit people from the industry, academia and other profiles, to establish a group of experts whose mission is to create…
The European Agency for Network and Information Security Information Security Agency (ENISA) published a report that argues excessive growth of cloud computing is a double-edged risk. But the agency also recognizes the advantages of using the cloud. Barely a week after the announcement by the European Commission of its plans for a new directive on…
Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for Digital Affairs of the European Union, recently announced plans to create European certifications and standards in order to hasten the move for businesses to join other nations in the clouds. According to Kroes, the European Union hopes to create at least 2.5 million jobs all around the continent. It is also…
The European Commission’s panel on privacy is planning to promote the concept of cloud computing and aims to endorse it as legal under the continent’s privacy law. In line with this, the commission also encourages organizations and companies to learn how to police themselves better in order to protect data and personal information that is…