EC: Improve Cloud Contracts

I have often emphasized on the need for clear and simple contracts and SLAs for the Cloud. Many of the cloud vendors provide contracts and present SLAs that can confuse and mislead the organizations looking to adopt cloud solutions.

The European Commission (EC) has woken up to the fact that Cloud computing needs better contracts. EC has asked the cloud firms to provide improved contracts which can help avert costly legal disputes and do away with privacy concerns. This step by EC will give a major boost to the cloud industry which can help organizations cut cost but improve their technology. This can also help the cloud industry help build trust among the organization that are apprehensive of adopting cloud due to still floating rumors about security & privacy concern.

Secure Your Personal data on Cloud

Read this excellent article Tips on secure cloud computing. As you move your personal data to the cloud, it’s very important that you secure them. If you lose your personal data, that would be your biggest loss. So secure them; and the steps taken, can be very simple and basic . When you walk out of your house, you close your doors, windows and then lock the front door securely; maybe, you even put on your security system so as to ensure that robbers/thieves cannot go inside the house when you are away. Basically, you will have to go with the same mentality to protect your data in the cloud, and to ensure against loss/theft.