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Rackspace Allays Australasian Patriot Act Fears

August 24, 2012

Business

australia, Jim Fagan, Patriot Act, rackspace, sydney, United States, US Government, USA PATRIOT Act

News the other day that Rackspace (see disclosure) will soon be opening its first data center in Sydney, Australia. This marks the first large scale US vendor to announce a local operation in my neck of the woods –…

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On Geographic Flexibility–OxygenCloud Understands the Need

March 13, 2012

Business

cloud computing, Macquarie Telecom, NetApp, Patriot Act, Salesforce.com, USA PATRIOT Act

I’ve written a lot lately about the need for cloud vendors to provide services that are tailored to specific countries or regions. Whether this is due to cross-cultural reasons or merely because of concerns around US located data, as…

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On Privacy, US Legislation and Cloud Vendors

March 5, 2012

Business

Aaron Levie, box, dmca, google, MegaUpload, Salesforce.com, United States, USA PATRIOT Act

While in the US a week or two ago I spent some time talking with vendors about the security of Cloud data, in particular the impact of the DCMA and Patriot Act on non US customers of vendors. As…

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Cloud and the Enterprise

February 9, 2012

Business

cloud computing, John Taschek, MegaUpload, Service provider, Steve Gillmor, USA PATRIOT Act

Recently I spent a remarkably enjoyable hour chatting with Steve Gillmor and John Taschek on a special enterprise-focused Gillmor Gang. Somehow I was roped in to be the provocateur and judging by many of the comments on the back…

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Blog Archives

Rackspace Allays Australasian Patriot Act Fears

On Geographic Flexibility–OxygenCloud Understands the Need

On Privacy, US Legislation and Cloud Vendors

Cloud and the Enterprise