The Global Challenge of Cloud Computing and EU Law
Introduction In the world of information and communication technologies (ICTs), the phenomenon of cloud computing is almost inescapable these days,1 and it seems to indicate the direction in which information infrastructures are moving. The concept, relatively simple, implies the migration of computing hardware, software infrastructures, and applications to third-party service providers’ data centres which, to end users, appear to exist somewhere “in the clouds” of cyberspace. Cloud computing is therefore a new way of delivering computing resources and services, a new segment of the overall ICT portfolio, rather than a new technology per se.2 The advantages of such a business…
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