Trust is cloud's missing ingredient

A panel of CIOs from US state government, healthcare and the insurance sector told cloud providers they no longer need to be sold on the benefits of a cloud infrastructure, says Channel Web.

The barrier to widespread cloud adoption is no longer understanding how cloud works, it's how the cloud is going to keep data safe and available. Joyent founder and CTO Jason Hoffman calls it "the last issue" for cloud proliferation in IT.

Companies in the cloud environment are yet to properly convince regulators, governments and even citizens that cloud-based solutions offer trust-worthy levels of security and resiliency. They still need to determine how to leverage public and private cloud models to maximise efficiency for enterprises both public and private.

Mobile equipment maker Qualcomm has one remaining regulatory proceeding against it after the European Commission (EC) withdrew its antitrust case, states InformationWeek.

The proceeding against Qualcomm was fuelled by competitors, but once Ericsson and Texus Instruments dropped their complaints, the European Commission followed suit.

The EC says: "All the complainants have now withdrawn or indicated their intention to withdraw their complaints and the commission has therefore to decide where best to focus its resources and priorities. In view of this, the commission does not consider it appropriate to invest further resources in this case."

Countries which pass laws allowing for the termination of Internet connections used by suspected peer-to-peer users without the oversight of a judge will be breaking EU law, reports Out-Law.com.

Some EU countries, including the UK, are introducing laws that force Internet service providers to terminate connections used by people suspected of engaging in illegal file sharing.

The European Parliament passed a series of EU telecoms law reforms which included a demand that due process be followed in any disconnections.