EU mulls new rules to free up the cloud market
February 12, 2015
Grazed from Diginomica. Author: Phil Wainewright.
After last year’s change of the guard at the European Commission, there’s been a wait to find out what new policy directions the new team of incoming Commissioners may go off in. Given the attention that the previous cohort of Neelie Kroes, Viviane Reding and others lavished on cloud computing, this has special importance for anyone investing in cloud IT in the European market.
Some strong pointers came at this week’s Think Cloud for Government conference in London during a presentation by Pearse O’Donohue, who has taken over the role previously held by Ken Ducatel as the Commission’s head of unit for software, services and cloud computing. Essentially, this means he is the official in Brussels in charge of developing and delivering the EU’s policies on cloud computing…
So what’s new? The topline messaging is all about achieving the long-awaited ‘digital single market’ that sweeps away national barriers to delivering cloud services across Europe, especially for small businesses. This isn’t new in itself although there’s a hint of increased urgency this year to complete this project…
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