Lack of standards, industry agreements get more attention as industry expands
Computerworld - SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Cloud computing users are shifting their focus from what the cloud offers to what it lacks. What it offers is clear, such as the ability to rapidly scale and provision, but the list of what it's missing seems to be growing by the day.
Cloud computing lacks standards about data handling and security practices, and there's not even any agreement about whether a vendor has an obligation to tell users if their data is in the U.S. or not. And users and vendors are only beginning to try to sort out those issues through industry associations, such as the year-old Cloud Security Alliance.
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