In a report released this week, Business Roundtable (BRT) expressed concerns about the emerging threat posed by local data server requirements now being implemented in several countries.
āPromoting Economic Growth through Smart Global Information Technology Policyā focuses on the significant downside of requiring the use of server infrastructure within the borders of a country, rather than allowing businesses flexibility to determine the most secure, reliable and economically effective locations for servers.
To reverse the tide of local data server requirements, BRT is calling on the U.S. Government to:
Local data server requirements hurt economic productivity and dramatically undercut the efficiencies and scalability made possible by cloud computing and networked technologies.