Time: 5.30pm for 5.45pm to 6.45pm
Venue: HopgoodGanim Lawyers, Level 7 Presentation Room, Waterfront Place, 1 Eagle Street, Brisbane
A recent survey by the Gartner Group identified that cloud computing and virtualisation are the two biggest priorities for CIOs in 2010.
With the potential to slash technology costs, companies are beginning to embrace cloud computing as a true alternative to the more traditional forms of IT procurement. However, there is still some industry resistance to the move away from in-house computing.
The term "cloud computing" refers to the process of consuming, for a fee, IT services using hardware, software and/or services provided on demand over the internet, without the need to acquire hardware or licenses for software.
Although the technology underlying cloud computing is not new, the extent to which it can be used to outsource IT requirements presents some particular challenges for security, privacy, technology ownership and standards of service.
During this informative seminar, Senior Associate Michael Morris and Associate Hayden Delaney from HopgoodGanim's Intellectual Property and Technology team explained how to commercially manage some of the legal risks raised by cloud computing.
