Roundtable Wrap-Up: RT 6-Wednesday

On the second day of NAFAC, roundtable 6 discussed Benjamin Riesser’s (University of North Carolina – Greensboro) paper on cloud computing. In it, Ben proposed that IT scarcity will not be an issue due to the innovation of new technology (like cloud computing). Since its recent creation, cloud computing has enabled companies to store their information off site, freeing up office space where servers would normally go and diminishing the need for IT workers. Cloud computing encourages economies to scale and reduces scarcity.

Additionally, roundtable 6 discussed the challenges of this new “Internet Age”. No state owns the internet as it is a common pool resource. Information easily crosses borders with little control by state governments. The roundtable concluded the day by asking, “Should the international community try to regulate the internet?”