j2 Global Communications, Inc. has announced that TechAmerica Foundation’s Commission on the Leadership Opportunity in the U.S. Deployment of the Cloud (CLOUD2) has issued a “Cloud First, Cloud Fast: Recommendations for Innovation, Leadership and Job Creation” pre-publication report. j2 Global Communications is the provider of cloud-based, value-added communication, messaging and backup services.
“We examined Transnational Data Flow and the complexity it adds to cloud adoption because of the data, processes and people residing on multiple continents with different laws and cultures,” said j2 Global CEO Hemi Zucker, who served as a Commissioner for the commercial sector. “I am honored to be a part of this prestigious group of business leaders, which includes j2 Global president, Scott Turicchi, who served as my Deputy, and am pleased that were able to help develop a national roadmap for Cloud implementation for the administration,” added Zucker.
Over the past three months, CLOUD2 commissioners have worked hard to create actionable recommendations in the thematic areas of Trust, Transnational Data Flows, Transparency and Transformation for continuing U.S. leadership in cloud innovation. This past Tuesday, the pre-publication report was issued. It focused on 14 detailed, direct and prescriptive recommendations which included strengthening identity management ecosystem and data breech laws, portability enablement, flexibility around budgeting and willingness to trust cloud computing environments in other countries.
“Cloud Computing is the latest example of how American innovation sets the pace for the world. This report examines the steps that the US government must take as a buyer and as a policymaker to ensure that we keep setting the pace,” said Phil Bond, president and CEO of TechAmerica and member of the TechAmerica Foundation board. “An increasingly competitive world is right on our heels looking for an opportunity to pass the U.S. in this new deployment. I’m betting on America.”