Microsoft: U.S. must weigh in on cloud computing

InternetNews | at | by Mike

Microsoft today made an emphatic pitch in the nation's capital urging Congress to enact legislation to support cloud computing, calling for a federal mandate to codify security and privacy protections for data stored on remote servers.

Here at the Brookings Institution think tank, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith argued for the need to modernize the legal framework overseeing information technology to keep pace with the rapid migration to the cloud.