11 Amendments of Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS related to 2013/2063(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas remote computing services in various forms, now commonly known as ‘cloud computing’, are not new; yet the scale, performance and content of cloud computing constitute a significant advancement for Information and Communication Technologies;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cloud computing has nonetheless attracted attention in recent years owing to the development of new and innovative large-scale business models, a strong push by cloud vendors, technological innovations and increased computing capabilities, lower prices and high-speed communications, as well as to the potential economic and efficiency, including the consumption of energy, benefits that cloud services offer all kinds of users;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the vendor benefits of cloud services consist of e.g. service fees, monetisation of underutilised and excess computing resources, economies of scale and the possibility of a captive customer base and of secondary uses of user information, such as for advertising;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the user benefits of cloud services consist of potentially lower costs, convenience, reliability, scaleability and security;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the increased use of cloud services provided by a limited number of large providers means that increasing amounts of information is aggregated in the hands of those providers, thus magnifying their efficiencies, but also increasing the risks of catastrophic losses of information, of centralised points of failure that could undermine the stability of the internet and of access to the information by third parties;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas for business users, standardised cloud services can, if they meet the particular needs of the user, be an attractive means of converting capital cost to operating expense and of enabling fast availability and scaling of additional storage and processing capacity;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that cloud services must offer security and reliability commensurate to the increased risks flowing from the concentration of data and information in the hands of a limited number of providers;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 11 – point ii a (new)
(iia) involve ENISA in verifying the minimum security and privacy standards of cloud computing services offered to European consumers and particularly to the public sector;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to take the lead in developing and promulgating standards and specifications supporting a safe, reliable and secure, secure and energy-efficient cloud;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists that standards should enable easy and complete data and service portability and a high degree of interoperability between cloud services;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the consumer, when prompted to accept or is otherwise offered a cloud service, is first given the information necessary for an educated decision, particularly when it comes to the jurisdiction covering the data stored in these cloud services;