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1、CLOUDCOMPUTINGANDINFORMATIONPOLICY1CloudComputingandInformationPolicy:ComputinginaPolicyCloud?ForthcomingintheJournalofInformationTechnologyandPolitics,5(3).PaulT.JaegerUniversityofMarylandJimmyLinUniversityofMarylandJustinM.GrimesUniversityofMarylandCLOUDCOMPUTINGANDINFORMATIONPOLICY2AbstractClo
2、udcomputingisacomputingplatformthatresidesinalargedatacenterandisabletodynamicallyprovideserverstheabilitytoaddressawiderangeofneeds,rangingfromscientificresearchtoe-commerce.Theprovisionofcomputingresourcesasifitwereautilitysuchaselectricity,whilepotentiallyrevolutionaryasacomputingservice,prese
3、ntsmanymajorproblemsofinformationpolicy,includingissuesofprivacy,security,reliability,access,andregulation.Thispaperexploresthenatureandpotentialofcloudcomputing,thepolicyissuesraised,andresearchquestionsrelatedtocloudcomputingandpolicy.Ultimately,thepolicyissuesraisedbycloudcomputingareexamineda
4、sapartoflargerissuesofpublicpolicyattemptingtorespondtorapidtechnologicalevolution.Keywords:cloudcomputing,informationpolicy,rechnologypolicy,gridcomputing,security,privacy,reliabilityCLOUDCOMPUTINGANDINFORMATIONPOLICY3IntroductionCloudcomputingreferstoacomputingplatformthatisabletodynamicallypro
5、vide,configure,andreconfigureserverstoaddressawiderangeofneeds,rangingfromscientificresearchtoe-commerce.Whilecloudcomputingisexpandingrapidlyasserviceusedbyagreatmanyindividualsandorganizationsinternationally,policyissuesrelatedtocloudcomputingarenotbeingwidelydiscussedorconsidered.Asthispaperwi
6、lldemonstrate,thereareawiderangeofpolicyissuesrelatedtocloudcomputingthatmeritconsiderableattentionascloudcomputingdevelopsintoawidelyusedcommercialenterprise;yettherehasthusfarbeenalackofpolicy-makingorcourtcasesrelatedtocloudcomputing.Theobjectiveofthispaperistointroducethepolicyconcerns,resear
7、chareas,andpotentialsolutionsrelatedtocloudcomputingthatwilllikelybethefocusofdiscussionanddeliberationincomingyears.Iftheseproblemsareconsideredduringthedevelopmentalstagesofcloudcomputing,perhapstheycanbeaddressedbef
