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After a raid at his New Zealand mansion in January last year, the larger than life Kim Dotcom has released a whitepaper taking direct aim at the US government.

When it comes to cloud computing, government's on the forefront, particularly when it comes to cloud-based email. Public sector organizations should be paying close attention: it's not as easy as many think.

Analyst houses IDC and Gartner are of the same mind: the age of the Digital Enterprise is upon us. As these elements of cloud, social, mobile and information come together, it does look as though this year will witness a radical change in the way we work and do business, both individually and collectively. So, as businesses, we must ask ourselves whether we can survive if we are not digital.

The scary part about shopping for a cloud solution is that even if the managed services provider claims compliance, this doesn’t mean that they actually are compliant.

Cisco is engaging with an increasing number of service providers to position its Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS). HCS offers a clear path to help enterprises migrate their communications to the cloud, and positions uniquely in the market; its delivery model is expected to disrupt the current partner ecosystem.

Nearly nine in 10 companies agree that moving to the cloud has resulted in cost savings, according to a new survey from open cloud provider Rackspace. The research looked at over 1300 US and UK-based companies, as well as conducting qualitative interviews with executives surveyed.

Cloud computing providers are increasingly falling for bad habits - they are offering customers "standard form" contracts whereby they set the provider lays out the terms, very much like insurance companies do with their policies.

"Risk is not unique to the cloud. It experiences the same issues that affect any outsourcing or third party deliverable. It is bounded by the same concerns regarding governance—does it meet the requirements of my industry? Is my data free from co-mingling? Are the proper notification protocols in place?"