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For this purpose several key areas have been identified, where actions are required
(
European Commission, 2012, pp. 2-3) & (Rouse, 2013):
Fragmentation of the digital single market:
Different national laws, diverse jurisdictions, regulations and uncertainties
over applicable law prevent many companies from venturing a step towards
cloud services.
Problems with contracts:
Many companies struggle with worries about the ownership of data,
accessibility of data, and supervision. Further came up the question over
liability issues in case of a system failure, compensation for caused
damages, and the settling of disputes with cloud providers.
Varying standards:
Unlike harmonized standards such as HTML, transport or security protocols,
cloud services currently do not have a commonly agreed standard
framework. This being the case irritates many companies and evokes
concerns on how to precede in the event of for example security breaches,
data protection, or interoperability of data formats.
One of the aims of the European Cloud Computing strategy is to establish “publicly
available cloud offerings that meet European standards not only in regulatory terms
but also in terms of being competitive, open and secure” (European Commission,
2012,
p. 6).
In order to do so the agenda foresees three cloud related actions:
1.
Establish a European Cloud Partnership to drive innovation and growth
2.
Create a framework based on secure and fair contract terms and conditions
3.
Create standards
