The state of Cloud computing in Canada.

• Position: CLOUD COMPUTING - Brief article

The 2012 CloudLaunch conference held in mid-October 2012 in Ottawa was generally regarded as a frank and, at times, divisive discussion of what it will take to advance the adoption of cloud computing in Canada.

Andrew Fisher, executive vice president at Wesley Clover, was quoted in an October 16, 2012, blog posting by expertIP editor Shane Schick as saying the biggest barrier to adoption is a lack of interest from organizations, including the government, to stimulate the purchase of cloud computing services.

According to the blog post, Misha Nossik, chief technology officer of Afore Solutions and founder of the Ottawa Cloud Council, suggested that government chief information officers (CIO) are more concerned with protecting their budgets than embracing...