Castlebridge Associates

Over the past few months I've been involved in a number of events related to Cloud Computing and have had countless conversations about the pros and cons of outsourcing, as well has having studied a number of business arrangements that boiled down to someone being a Data Processor for someone else, a Data Controller.

I have found that my message in each of these apparently disparate situations can now be boiled down to:

• It's the Information, Stupid and
• The Fine Print can frustrate your intent and
• If you can't find who is responsible for the thing, then it is you who is responsible.

Over the past few months I've been involved in a number of events related to Cloud Computing and have had countless conversations about the pros and cons of outsourcing, as well has having studied a number of business arrangements that boiled down to someone being a Data Processor for someone else, a Data Controller.

I have found that my message in each of these apparently disparate situations can now be boiled down to:

• It's the Information, Stupid and
• The Fine Print can feck you up frustrate your intent and
• If you can't find who is responsible for the thing, then it is you who is responsible.

I was asked recently to present at a Breakfast briefing being run by another local Irish consulting firm that specialises in Cloud Computing (they're imaginatively called Cloud Consulting and are run by a really nice bunch of guys, including Tim Pullen).