If Europe is lagging behind in adoption of Cloud Computing, it is because American publishers - the No. 1 industry - lack of data centers on the Old Continent. The analyst firm 451 Group, during a Webcast, wanted to demonstrate the differences between continents in terms of adoption of Cloud Computing.

Thus, in terms of expenditure in the cloud, 57% are performed in the United States, against 31% in Europe and a low 12% in Asia. The gap in addressing the enormous expenses associated with the adoption of IaaS, provide Azure or Amazon EC2 Microsoft. In this segment, 93% of expenditures are made overseas, against only 6% in Europe and 1% in Asia. A huge gap, the analyst firm says including the almost absence of data centers on European soil.

A park that does not grow sparse European companies flirting solutions most of which are the work of American Publishers. They are more likely to rely on their telecoms operator, which represent a guarantee of reliability in the industry. Like Orange Business Services France which increased his offer to Cloud, decided to market the services of Microsoft cloud Online.

As editor No. 1, Microsoft has only two datacenters in Europe, located in Amsterdam and Dublin. For the 451 Group, the problem could also come from conservation laws and safeguard data. An EU Directive stipulates in effect to EU companies keep their data on European territory. The regulation inconsistent with the U.S. Patriot Act.