Cloud Computing in the EU Policy Sphere Interoperability, Vertical Integration and the Internal Market
Sluijs
Jasper
Larouche
Pierre
Sauter
Wolf
Cloud computing is a new development that is based on the premise that data and applications are stored centrally and can be accessed through the Internet. Thisarticle sets up a broad analysis of how the emergence of clouds relates to European competition law, network regulation and electronic commerce regulation, which we relate to challenges for the further development of cloud services in Europe: interoperability and data portability between clouds; issues relating to vertical integration between clouds and Internet Service Providers; and potential problems for clouds to operate on the European Internal Market. We find that these issues are not adequately addressed across the legal frameworks that we analyse, and argue for further research into how to better facilitate innovative convergent services such as cloud computing through European policy – especially in light of the ambitious digital agenda that the European Commission has set out.
Cloud Computing
Competition Law
Economic Policy Concerns
European Law
340
periodical
academic journal
JIPITEC
3
1
2012
12
32
2190-3387
urn:nbn:de:0009-29-33203
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0009-29-33203
sluijs2012