Having been focused on delivering cloud solutions for almost 3 years the “data sovereignty” reason/concern/excuse is one that I have heard many times as a barrier to cloud adoption.

As a partner – nothing helps sell more than customer references or anecdotal evidence.

This morning I had an extremely large smile on my face when I read the CIO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (one of our big four banks) dismissing data sovereignty concerns – read it here at Computerworld.

Recently I wrote an article for Dynamic Business about the case against cloud privacy from an Australian standpoint and misconceptions around the US Patriot Act.

Soon I will be publishing a whitepaper which builds on my article in the new whitepapers section of my site – keep watching.

While putting the final touches on my Lync and Learn presentation for tomorrow (register here) I was amazed to discover new functionality in Lync Online – specifically around privacy and mobility.
I checked the Office 365 Technical Blog and Twitterverse to see if I’d missed the announcement but couldn’t see anything.

I must admit I really am amazed by these stealth updates. What a way to manage customer expectations – just simply release new functionality without any prior knowledge that it’s coming. It certainly is a way to ensure you keep a flock of raving fans (case in point = me).

Without further ado read about the new Lync Online functionality here at BoxFreeIT.

A lot of our customers ask us about the security and privacy of their information in the cloud. Microsoft has a comprenehsive privacy statement which is summarised here: http://www.microsoft.com/online/legal/?langid=en-us And expanded upon here: http://www.microsoft.com/online/legal/?langid=en-us&docid=7