BSA The Software Alliance - Report on Cloud Computing @ India
ranked 18 out of 24
Even as Indian companies and
government move towards greater cloud adoption, they still have a long way to
go before cloud-computing policies catch up with technology, according to a new
report by BSA, The Software Alliance.
"The finding is a sign that the
legal and regulatory environment for cloud computing in India is not keeping
pace with cloud innovation," it noted in a statement.
The report evaluated 24 countries that
account for 80% of the world's information technology market, and scored the
countries on seven key policy areas including data privacy, security,
cybercrime, intellectual property rights, promoting free trade, IT readiness
and broadband deployment.
Japan, US, Germany and Canada scored the highest while India fell behind other developing nations such as Malaysia, South Africa, Mexico and Argentina.
"It is discouraging to see India continue to fall behind in cloud computing because of a lack of openness to digital trade and international standards," said Jared Ragland, senior director, policy, APAC at BSA. "Countries around the globe must recognise their policies affect the global cloud marketplace," he added.
One of the key concerns in India, according to the report is a lack of a privacy law. It also said India, China, Indonesia, Korea and Russia have moved away from accepting international standards and certifications, which can be damaging to the promotion of free trade.
The report however, found that most countries are rising to the challenges of cybercrime and data protection, and placed the onus on policy makers to promote cloud computing.
Japan, US, Germany and Canada scored the highest while India fell behind other developing nations such as Malaysia, South Africa, Mexico and Argentina.
"It is discouraging to see India continue to fall behind in cloud computing because of a lack of openness to digital trade and international standards," said Jared Ragland, senior director, policy, APAC at BSA. "Countries around the globe must recognise their policies affect the global cloud marketplace," he added.
One of the key concerns in India, according to the report is a lack of a privacy law. It also said India, China, Indonesia, Korea and Russia have moved away from accepting international standards and certifications, which can be damaging to the promotion of free trade.
The report however, found that most countries are rising to the challenges of cybercrime and data protection, and placed the onus on policy makers to promote cloud computing.
"In order to obtain the benefits
of the cloud, policy makers must provide a legal and regulatory framework that
will promote innovation, provide incentives to build the infrastructure to
support it, and promote confidence that using the cloud will bring the
anticipated benefits without sacrificing expectations of privacy, security and
safety," it said.
Cloud computing broadly refers to the on-demand or as-a-service model, which provides shared-processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand. India has been adopting cloud computing in a big way.
Cloud computing broadly refers to the on-demand or as-a-service model, which provides shared-processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand. India has been adopting cloud computing in a big way.
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