The cloud’s potential political and social effect is only now entering the public debate. IT firms are putting it on the agenda on both sides of the Atlantic. In mid-September, for instance, Google organised a discussion on the subject in Washington, DC. A few days later SAP presented a white paper in Brussels pointing out that policymakers are not aware of the dramatic economic impact of the “Future Internet”, as the paper calls the cloud.
Computers Without Borders
October 23, 2008