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Cloud Computing: The Emperor's New Clothes of IT

Cloud computing has recently become a hot topic in IT circles. Organizations see it as an opportunity to reduce costs. Outsourcing the provision of data services has become an attractive option in the current climate promising the reduction of staff, equipment, IT operations and associated costs. This paper makes the case against using cloud computing for anything but the most trivial IT requirements. The issue is jurisdiction and what happens to your data when things go wrong. Contracting plays a big part in the process and most cloud computing contracts absolve the service provider of any responsibility for security, continuity of service, or for the integrity or privacy of the users’ data. There can also be issues surrounding access to a user’s data by official and unofficial entities. Data, such as client lists, proprietary information, and other sensitive information is the organization’s most valuable asset and should never be managed or controlled by any outside entity.