The Government is evolving a policy framework for cloud computing to address concerns as well as drive the cloud revolution. The Minister of Communications & IT, Mr Kapil Sibal, described cloud computing as "a fine economic solution in a complex knowledge economy" while inaugurating the2012 Cloud Summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here today.
The Minister suggested that the focus could be on SMEs and the starting point could be clusters, which have commonality of purpose and vision. Stressing on the need to build confidence among users, he highlighted the need for outlining technical and other parameters for cloud providers, standardization of contracts, privacy and security conditions.
On the occasion, Mr Sibal also released the CII White Paper on 'The Indian Cloud Revolution', saying that "India was still in the process of evolving appropriate architecture to take advantage of the possible revolution." The following are two detailed reports