Need flexible laws to maximise potential of cloud computing: Microsoft’s Jean­-Philippe Courtois

Global legislations on data processing and cross-border data movement should be flexible to maximise the potential of cloud computing, Microsoft executive vice president and president of national transformation partnerships Jean-Philippe Courtois said. In an interview with Aashish Aryan, Courtois, one of the key executives of Microsoft chairman Satya Nadella’s top leadership team, said India continued to remain one of the best technology hubs in the world and it will continue to grow. Excerpts:

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