According to the Business Software Alliance’s (BSA) “Global Cloud Computing Scorecard”, Germany is ready for the cloud computing age, ranking at a spectacular No. 3, ahead of such cloud computing powerhouses as the United States, Italy and Poland! If you’re interested in the methodology (a word that my spell check has never heard of) uses by the BSA, go here. Either way, the result is interesting. Because, and I know I’m repeating myself, if you ask data protection practitioners in Germany, “ready” is certainly not the term that comes to mind when dealing with the cloud. Continue reading →