BEAUTY OF PLATFORM AS A SERVICE: NEITHER READY TO USE NOR BARE BOXES

Rakesh Shrivastava

No 2020-34-04, Working papers from Voice of Research

Abstract: Information Technology has occupied substantial space in our day to day life and in running of businesses. How does society regulate I T providers especially when they operate across the globe, beyond the control of nation-states. How do we balance rewarding tech companies for their innovation, and possibility of unfair exploitation, particularly where I T services are ‘free’. ‘Free’ services are ‘paid’ by consumers by their time, attention and data. This paper examines possibility of promoting use of Cloud computing technology Platform as a Service (PaaS) by regulators as a means to catalyse competition and curb monopolistic power of I T service-providers Key Words: PaaS, Laws for Cloud Computing, I T monopolies, Anti-trust in Infotech. Policy

Date: 2020-06
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