Kroes: EU can drive the cloud

ZDNet - Neelie Kroes, the European digital agenda commissioner, has strongly argued the case for heavy EU involvement in the cloud, in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. >Kroes said in the speech on Thursday that there are "manifold" reasons for EU involvement in the cloud. She focused on European efforts to foster research and innovation in the technology, and to align data protection and other legislation in the region with its development.