Becuse we don't trust a foreign cloud provider with our client's data. Why is that so hard to understand?
All the best cloud providers are from the US and as a european company with clients in european government and healthcare we are often not morally or legally allowed to use a foreign provider.
The sad thing is that this is an ongoing battle between people on a municipal level who believe they can save money in clouds, and morally wiser people who are constantly having to put the brakes on those migration projects.
Doesn't matter because all US companies are subject to US laws and agencies. Even if the data is in Ireland, they are obliged to cooperate and before you know it all our patient records are leaked in the states.
And speaking of Ireland, I have a memory of a Microsoft EULA saying that even if the data is stored in Ireland they can't guarantee that it won't be transferred to the US.
All the best cloud providers are from the US and as a european company with clients in european government and healthcare we are often not morally or legally allowed to use a foreign provider.
The sad thing is that this is an ongoing battle between people on a municipal level who believe they can save money in clouds, and morally wiser people who are constantly having to put the brakes on those migration projects.