Comments on: Data sovereignty issues still weigh on cloud adoption

By: Raagulan Pathy

Raagulan Pathy — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:55:35 +0000

At Lazu, we agree. And that is why we are trending against the industry and aiming to achieve two things. First and foremost, cloud is a way of life. It means, I want a great user experience, as good as I feel as a consumer. I want to turn on technology and see it work. But, I live in Asia. I want to see it delivered by a local I trust. Someone who I can call and call my mate. Lazu understands this. That is why we are committing to building the best, most automated and widely distributed cloud in Asia and the Middle East. At least across 10 countries! You’ll be hearing a lot more about us soon…

By: Leo Leung

Leo Leung — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:09:13 +0000

This is an important topic, Barb. Most of the discussion around the cloud has created a false premise that data must be surrendered to the provider of the cloud service. While in some cases this may be an explicit requirement (backing up data to an offsite facility), in many other applications this is a false tradeoff. Most of the benefits of the cloud (scalability, elasticity, connectivity) can be leveraged while enabling customers to keep their data (using their own data storage). This gives the customer complete control over where their data is located. The technology is there to make it possible, though few vendors have productized it.

By: Pierre

Pierre — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:55:50 +0000

The perception that data located in one geography is somehow subject to rules of that geography only is bordering on ridiculous. Extraterritorial claims made by some countries (such as US’ Patriot Act), international treaties allowing data sharing, and plain brute (and not so brute) force methods of getting at interesting data is what all businesses face wherever they are. The only way of your data not being likely compromised or exposed on the network is to get it off the network.

By: Byron M. G. Sanford, Esq.

Byron M. G. Sanford, Esq. — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:56:47 +0000

Reblogged this on Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC and commented: Data sovereignty is definitely a bigger issue than many people realize. It's important to know where your sensitive business data lives, and what that means to you in terms of being able to protect it!