U.S. cloud providers could lose as much as $35 billion in business by 2016, an analyst says. Forrester Research estimates a maximum loss of $180 billion by 2016. Delving into government surveillance practices, which was not a major consideration in the past, has become a priority. China, Russia and some Middle Eastern countries are highly secretive and are assumed to be monitoring Internet traffic. Whether Congress steps in to tighten the Patriot Act, which governs the NSA’s activity, remains to be seen.”]
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