ITWire

There's a need for company CIOs and chief legal officers to work closely together and communicate more effectively, particularly when it comes to the identification of underlying legal/IT issues and the development of better solutions, according to a new joint report by one leading analyst firm and a legal publishing company.

New research suggests Australians are keen on cloud services, but they expect to know when their data is stored overseas - and to be able to control whether or not it goes offshore.

The Office of the US Trade Representative has issued harsh words in its latest foreign trade report about Australian federal and state governments for warning Australian companies and agencies about risks associated with storing data with offshore cloud providers. The US is also upset about continued restrictions on the foreign ownership of Telstra.