Export Controls and Cloud Computing: Is the sky really falling? The emergence of “cloud computing” services has people in the export compliance community scratching their heads over the export control implications for service providers and users, but are the issues really new? This webinar will break down the issues in light of current US Government rules. Topics to be covered: What working definition of Cloud Computing should be u...

It is a routine event -- one which happens thousands of times a day across the United States. A foreign national begins work at a US company as an engineer, researcher or scientist. The location could be a technology firm in Santa Clara, a defense contractor in St. Louis or an aerospace company in Tampa, but the question is the same -- is an export control violation imminent? And let's not limit ourselves to employees. The same question may be...

Tech Data Export Controls 2011 Update--There Are No Easy Answers Doing business in 2011 while trying to comply with export control rules largely crafted 20-30+ years ago is difficult, needless to say. Despite government adjustments to certain aspects of the technical data export control rules, export compliance challenges are growing and changing at a pace far faster than the government changes the export control rules. 100% compliance is impo...