5 legal questions to ask before entering the cloud
"As a lawyer, the thing that concerns me about the use of cloud-based computing services is that it often involves the transfer of electronic data from internal IT infrastructure to systems managed by third-party vendors. This change in custody, and potentially control, can create compliance issues. While not intended to be exhaustive, the following five questions are a good start to the analysis, from a legal perspective, that should occur during the planning of a cloud-based project."