A study released today reveals that, in addition to time and cost savings, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. that use a cloud service gain significant security, privacy and reliability advantages compared with companies that have not adopted the cloud. The study, commissioned by Microsoft Corp., shows that perceptions of the cloud held by nonusers directly contrast with the real experiences of cloud adopters.
However, Microsoft has been sharing/allowing private information to be gathered and sent to Fed in secret for over 7 years without letting anyone know. So how can they also claim security and privacy are provided by Cloud? Bogus study if you ask me!