cloud regulations

The stark admission by a Microsoft executive before the French Senate—that the company “cannot guarantee” European cloud data is immune from U.S. government access, regardless of where it’s stored—has thrust the simmering debate over data sovereignty and the global dominance of hyperscale cloud...

Cloud computing is at a pivotal crossroads in the United Kingdom, as organizations increasingly reject single-provider strategies in favor of multi-cloud architectures—a movement driven by both technological need and regulatory scrutiny. Recent findings, underpinned by research from cloud...

Microsoft's recent announcement of its 'sovereign cloud' services has sparked significant interest and debate within the tech community. As governments and organizations worldwide grapple with data sovereignty concerns, Microsoft's initiative aims to provide solutions that balance the benefits...

Microsoft's response to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding the regulator's provisional ruling on cloud software licensing pricing is robust and critical. Microsoft calls the CMA's intervention "extraordinary and unprecedented," emphasizing that no other software provider...

No country ever got rich, interesting, or globally relevant by perfecting red tape—yet in South Korea’s exuberant start-up scene, the emotional weather report is still “regulation with a chance of exasperation.” Beneath Seoul’s neon skyline, in chic glass-walled spaces like Maru 360, founders...

It’s a sunny Tuesday afternoon in Europe’s digital corridors, and the cloudscape is crackling with uncertainty and intrigue. The Great European Cloud Quandary Europe’s relationship with US hyperscalers – those cloud behemoths known affectionately (and sometimes acidly) as AWS, Microsoft Azure...