Contracts for Clouds: Comparison and Analysis of the Terms and Conditions of Cloud Computing Services

The Cloud Computing Project at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of Queen Mary University of London School of Law has published a paper by Simon Bradshaw, Christopher Millard and Ian Walden entitled 'Contracts for Clouds: Comparison and Analysis of the Terms and Conditions of Cloud Computing Services'.

Abstract:  Cloud computing offers an attractive solution to customers keen to acquire computing infrastructure without large up-front investment, particularly in cases where their demand may be variable and unpredictable. But the greater flexibility of a Cloud computing service as compared with a traditional outsourcing contract is balanced by less certainty for the customer in terms of the location of data placed into the Cloud and the legal foundations of any contract with the provider. This paper reports on a detailed survey and analysis of the Terms and Conditions offered by Cloud computing providers. 

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