The State of Cloud Computing Around the World: Canada
January 29, 2013
Grazed from CloudTimes. Author: Xath Cruz.
Cloud Computing is taking off in various parts of the globe, partly because companies are now realizing the great potential of cloud computing technology when it comes to cost efficiency, productivity, agility, and operational flexibility. However, Canadian companies seem to be lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to the adoption of this newly matured technology.
Canada’s Slow Adoption of the Cloud
The chief reasons why Canadian companies are slow to adopt cloud technology despite its maturity is due to security and privacy concerns. Canada has extremely stringent data privacy laws, and many Canadian companies are still waiting for the provincial and federal governments to standardize and update the policies in order to accommodate the cloud. With the Canadian government’s lack of clear policies on data privacy and their effects on the cloud, companies will not be willing to risk possible legal troubles regarding cloud use…
Essentially, Canadian companies are concerned that the ownership of the information they keep in their own data centres could be called into question, as the existing privacy laws still have conflicts regarding which data belongs to whom based on the physical location of the server, as well as the location of the person accessing the files…
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