6-Hour Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend

Corporations, government organizations and millions of consumers are shifting massive quantities of data and their software applications to cloud computing facilities. Cloud computing uses the Internet to give every size organization access to large, dynamically scalable resources (data storage, software applications and computing power). “The Cloud” allows users, at all levels, to avoid large capital outlays for hardware and up-front licensing fees and instead offers both hardware and software, as needed, in a flexible arrangement, on a fee-for-services basis. Users rely on Internet connections to get access to their data and software applications from anywhere on the globe. This paradigm of computing provides flexibility, enhanced access to software functionality and potential cost savings, but can inject potential new risks. Negotiating contracts for cloud computing services presents new challenges and it requires a clear understanding of the inherent new hazards. Further, data in the cloud may in certain circumstances be more vulnerable to review or seizure by governmental authorities or to compromise at the hands of hackers or bad actors.

This program will provide practical advice on key terms for cloud computing contracts, help organizations considering the purchase of cloud services to understand vendor and customer obligations and responsibilities associated with cloud computing services, provide information to cloud service vendors on the compliance obligations and concerns most important to potential enterprise purchasers, offer strategies for policies and procedures to help protect sensitive data in the cloud, assist in planning for transfers of data between cloud computing vendors, and focus on the unique challenges that cloud presents in litigation and discovery. This is an opportunity to hear from industry experts who will help you understand and prepare for the massive changes inherent in the shift to cloud computing.

What You Will Learn

  • How cloud computing technology works and the inherent operational risks
  • How data security may be enhanced, or hampered by, using cloud computing facilities
  • Critical factors to consider with respect to government or other third party access to data in the cloud and how the legal landscape is changing to address those concerns
  • Practical and contractual remedies to help secure corporate assets and intellectual property
  • Why many cloud computing vendors are less flexible in contract negotiations and your options in negotiations
  • Navigating international issues when deploying cloud solutions

Special Feature

  • One full hour of Ethics credit

Who Should Attend

Technology and IP lawyers, in-house counsel and outside counsel, and all lawyers who need to be on the cutting edge of legal changes in IT law. Business professionals, computer professionals and information managers who need to keep up-to-date with the dramatic changes in this area, will also find this program valuable.

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