Cloud Computing: Who controls your company data?

Have you ever thought about what happens to your data when hosted by big cloud providers? Especially companys often have to weigh up between convenience and security of sensitive employee- and customer data. Kevin Dominik Korte, President of Univention North America, talks about these challenges in an article published in Forbes Magazine.

He points out that when deciding on the storage of its own company data, every company should always ask what happens to their data and, above all, metadata if they are hosted by an external cloud provider. Often it’s not the large, but the small providers who offer an alternative with open source software for centrally controlled identity management, file storage and e-mail solutions that meet the requirements for secure data management.

The full article is available on forbes.com.