Gartner predicts half of all cloud computing users will change privacy settings by 2012
August 13, 2011
Grazed from CenterBeam. Author: Editorial Staff.
According to a new prediction from Gartner, at last half of every organization that hosts data in a cloud computing setting will be compelled, or possibly forced, to make changes to their privacy policy, according to ReadWriteWeb.com.
The news source said the biggest reason for the prediction is the increased awareness of
Carsten Casper, Gartner research director, said that cloud computing is at odds by nature, as is privacy. He said privacy laws only relate to one country, whereas the cloud has no country and is universal. Even with this, he said that many companies would benefit from cloud computing, which would work almost like traditional forms of outsourcing, hosting and offshoring.
In another story on ReadWriteWeb, a Gartner "hype cycle" said that 20 to 30 percent of the audience will adopt cloud computing as a technology this year, meaning it will at what Gartner considers to be the plateau of productivity.