Cloud Computing and The Law, May 2010
12.05.2010
Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer has described cloud computing as a US$3.3-trillion opportunity. The British government said earlier this year that it was planning to cut £3.2 billion from its annual IT bill of about £16 billion by creating its own cloud platform. Locally, Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan has identified cloud computing as one of the key driving forces towards the creation of a smart economy, while the IDA’s recently published “Horizon 2020” report regards access to and deployment of cloud solutions in Ireland as fundamentally important pre-conditions for the delivery of foreign direct investment in the coming decade. It makes sense for Ireland to be at the forefront of innovation in this space, given that we host an enviable list of the top internet corporations in the world.
