A couple of Questions regarding" The future of cloud computing"

~ Stefany Hung

The reports of " The future of cloud computing" now are available to download @ following websites:

1.'The future of cloud computing" by Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie,Jun 11, 2010, Pew Research Center

http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/The-future-of-cloud-computing.aspx
Via Emile Loza and ABA Virtual Worlds & Computer Gaming Committee, IPL Section, Comm. No. 712 group members on LinkedIn.

2. 26 January 2010, by European Comission - CORDIS - ICT
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/events-20100126-cloud-computing_en.html.


A couple of questions I have:

1. The ownership issue of data & information stored in the cloud.

2. The privacy and security issues.

3. Intellectual Property Issues.

4. Can it be reached by court's discovery process? What is the legitimate process ? Gain permission from the owners of data/information? Or ISPs? And its related law enforcement issue.

5. The recovery and compensation issues of data (or information)lost or damaged.

6. Whether it is an insurable product?

7. How to evaluate the value of such intangible assets?

8. Whether Cloud Computing can fully replace PCs, desktops to dominate markets ? Demand or Supply,which one decides the markets?