Contracts in Cloud Computing

Abstract

In an increasingly integrated global economy the importance as well as the growing availability of Cloud Providers has provided companies, individuals and the Governmental agencies with a variety of benefits such as significant cost reduction. As the role and number of Cloud Providers has increased a novel set of issues has emerged. These novel issues refer to a variety of legal complexities from the initial choice of the proper Cloud Provider as well as the appropriate contract for the deployment of its services. This paper is concerned with the novel issues arising of the deployment of Cloud Computing contracts. It presents the related issues and discusses ways and suggestions by which the legal framework could be demystified so that the contracts conducted in the Cloud Computing environment can be conducted efficiently and in a legal manner, for the benefit of the private as well as the public sector. It is concerned that the current legal framework cannot provide solution for effective deployment of Cloud Computing contracts and drawing on this evidence, it discusses the steps that Cloud Computing participants need to take to correctly identify their contractual rights and obligations.