To dramatically scale up the Modernizing the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) marketplace, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completely rewritten FedRAMP’s vision, scope and governance...more
More than two decades in, cloud computing is no longer a technology that requires a herald or proselytizer. What began with government agencies and then financial institutions seeking expanded storage solutions and an...more
The Data Act aims, amongst its main objectives, to enable customers of data processing services to switch between providers offering equivalent services, as well as to make use of multiple services from different providers...more
Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Sonia Baldia and Jeff Connell recently presented at the “Association of Corporate Counsel Dallas-Fort Worth: 2023 Annual In-House Symposium” in Frisco, Texas. As businesses continue to accelerate...more
Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Sonia Baldia and Jeff Connell recently presented at the “Association of Corporate Counsel National Capital Region Fall Conference: Advanced Topics for In-House Counsel” in Vienna, Virginia. As...more
Kilpatrick Townsend’s Sonia Baldia and Jeff Connell recently joined the Vice President & Deputy General Counsel for Cvent, Ed Szeto, at the Association of Corporate Counsel NCR Conference -- “In-House Primer: Exploring Key...more
Cloud computing has increasingly become a dominant model for computer and information technology service, with the majority of businesses worldwide using computing resources and storing data “in the cloud.” However, despite...more
In cloud services, whether it is infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), or software as a service (SaaS), service availability is often a significant customer concern because the customer is relying...more
On Aug. 14, 2019, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) published proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) regarding the classification of “cloud transactions” for...more
On August 9, 2019, the US Treasury Department published proposed regulations for the classification of “cloud transactions” and “transactions involving digital content” under the source of income rules of the Internal Revenue...more
On August 9, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (the proposed regulations) that would classify cloud transactions for U.S. federal income tax...more
Advancements in cloud-based computing over the last decade have allowed consumers and enterprises alike to download, share, transfer and extract data at speeds and with ease never before thought possible, leaving what...more
The results of a recent study by Gartner, Inc. project worldwide growth of 18% in the public cloud services market during 2017. Gartner also expects the growing public cloud services market—projected to reach $246.8 billion...more
More than twelve years after the promulgation in 2003 of the Catalogue of Telecommunications Services; the “2003 Catalogue”) China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”) finally promulgated the amended...more
Last month the German Federal Government IT Advisory Committee ("Federal IT Committee") issued new cloud computing service criteria for all prospective vendors to German Federal Agencies. Cloud services providers who offer,...more
Predictions suggest that the global market for cloud computing services should reach $118 billion by the end 2015 and climb as high as $200 billion by 2018. Although the cloud computing industry continues to be in its...more
A new ruling by the City of Chicago, the Personal Property Lease Transaction Tax Ruling #12 (June 9, 2015), takes a broad view of how its whopping 9 percent tax applies to cloud-based services. Providers of information...more