Gartner Outlines the Basic Rights of Cloud Users

In a typical Gartner move, the analyst firm has listed several rights and one responsibility that should lead us to a better cloud-enabled world. Here's the abridged version...

David Linthicum, Contributor

July 19, 2010

1 Min Read

In a typical Gartner move, the analyst firm listed several rights and one responsibility that should lead us to a better cloud-enabled world. "All cloud services customers should have some basic rights to protect their interests; Gartner's Global IT Council for Cloud Services has defined six rights and one responsibility of service customers that will help providers and consumers establish and maintain successful business relationships."

The abridged version is this...1. The right to retain ownership, use and control one's own data.

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David Linthicum

David Linthicum

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David S. Linthicum is senior vice president of Cloud Technology Partners and an expert in complex distributed systems, including cloud computing, data integration, service oriented architecture (SOA), and big data systems. He has written more than 13 books on computing and has more than 3,000 published articles, as well as radio and TV appearances as a computing expert. In addition, David is a frequent keynote presenter at industry conferences, with over 500 presentations given in the last 20 years.

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