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Cloud Computing Industry Headlines 29 January

Cloud Computing Headlines for the Week of 29 January 2012

NIST Issues Public Cloud Computing Guidance

Users - not providers - have ultimate responsibility for the security and privacy of data stored on the public cloud, new guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology says. http://www.hostingtecnews.com/nist-issues-public-cloud-computing-guidance

 

NIST Unveils Continuous Monitoring Draft Guidance

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking public comment on three interagency reports that provide guidance on the continuous monitoring for security vulnerabilities of information systems.  http://www.hostingtecnews.com/nist-unveils-continuous-monitoring-draft-guidance

 

European Commission Proposes a Reform of Data Protection Laws

The European Commission has proposed a comprehensive reform of the EU's 1995 data protection rules to strengthen online privacy rights and boost Europe's digital economy.  http://www.hostingtecnews.com/european-commission-proposes-reform-data-protection-laws

 

Hostingtecnews Introuces the Cloud Computing World Forum 2012

Europe's biggest cloud computing event, and the best place to discuss the latest topics in cloud computing, including security, mobile, applications, communications, virtualization, and more. http://www.cloudwf.com

PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EUROPEAN CLOUD PARTNERSHIP HAILED BY ICT SECTOR

Brussels Thursday, 26 January 2012:  DIGITALEUROPE very much welcomes the announcement in Davos by Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission, of her proposal to establish a European Cloud Partnership between government and industry. We also support the initial focus of the partnership to promote the adoption of cloud computing in the public sector. John Higgins, Director General, said: “Cloud computing has the potential to enable better public services for less cost. Widespread adoption in the public sector will drive awareness, trust and confidence in cloud services which in turn will be good for the European cloud services market.” DIGITALEUROPE’s earlier recommendations are set out in our January 2012 Cloud position paper and we think this partnership could be an excellent way of delivering on some of them, namely an online portal to share best practices for public cloud computing, a European Cloud Observatory, transparent interoperability requirements and support to global standards wherever possible. 

DIGITALEUROPE full position can be found here.

A PDF version of the Press Release can be downloaded here.

Mrs Kroes Speech can be downloaded here.

CLOUD COMPUTING: DIGITALEUROPE’S PERSPECTIVE

DIGITALEUROPE is a strong proponent of economic growth as well as social progress in Europe through the effective use of information and communication technologies (ICT). A current trend in ICT, cloud computing, represents an evolution that could contribute in many ways to accelerate economic and social advances. In this paper, DIGITALEUROPE offers its perspective on: cloud computing and continued ICT evolution; how they support economic growth and the development of new business and societal benefits; and how these developments to technological and related business model innovations impact, and are impacted by current policy discussions of importance to the growth and competitiveness of the European Union.