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With Brexit decisions potentially dragging on even longer than March, many of us are reaching crunch point with our organisation’s own strategic decisions and finding we can’t hold out any longer. So I thought it would be helpful – amid all the ‘no deal, deal, no Brexit’ scenarios – to deal with the one thing we can be sure of; the ‘no certainty’ scenario.
The benefits of cloud in an uncertain world are obvious – its lack of CapEx and easy scalability appeal to organisations keen to be agile and competitive. But there are residual concerns that often come with cloud purchasing decisions, and no one likes to pile additional worries onto a foundation of uncertainty.
So, if you need to make decisions about cloud services faster than the UK/EU parliaments are moving, what can you do to mitigate the risks of any potential outcome?
1. Data residence and geographic portability
You’ll already be checking out where your data will be residing under any cloud agreement, but add to this consideration how alternative Brexit outcomes may play out in your own organisation. In some Brexit outcomes your operations may move into alternative jurisdictions in order to continue to be resident in the EU, or for competitive reasons. If data location is important to you, make sure your cloud provider has the capacity to move your data as political lines move around you.
2. Data transfer agreements
While we are talking about movement of data, I would be remiss not to mention GDPR. It is important to remember that while there will be no immediate change to the UK’s data p