POLITICO Europe, June 14. Four major lobby groups — ITI, CCIA Europe, BSA and Amcham EU — Tuesday released a statement saying requirements aimed at boosting Europe’s sovereignty over the cloud sector “are politically motivated, will create complex legal compliance procedures and will not add to increased levels of cybersecurity.” Weiterlesen

Info Risk Today, May 17, 2019. Data localization would increase costs to cloud service providers and change the services available for consumers, says Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, country manager, India, for BSA | The Software Alliance, who calls for minimizing regulatory burdens. Weiterlesen

WeChat, September 18, 2018. A post by influential B2B technology KOL Tedahao summarising key findings from BSA’s 2018 Cloud Computing Scorecard, with additional emphasis on how China compares with other nations. The post also cited the scorecard as a valuable platform to discuss where countries stand in terms of preparedness for the adoption and growth of cloud computing services, and how their rankings can be improved. Weiterlesen

Mint, August 13, 2018. The article is an interview feature with BSA President and CEO, Victoria A. Espinel from her visit to India to meet government officials on policy issues. The Q&A format article focuses on India’s ranking in 2018 BSA Cloud Computing Scorecard and Victoria’s view on the future of the software industry. As part of the conversation, Victoria highlighted India’s position and the importance of privacy laws and broadband infrastructure for cloud adoption. The article also includes BSA’s views on open source software versus licensed software. Weiterlesen