The European Commission wants to gather views on how to exploit cloud computing in business

The European Commission is seeking to gather views on the cloud to help it build its own cloud computing strategy.

Interested parties are invited to contribute to the EC’s online public consultation, and have until 31 August 2011 to provide their input.

The EU executive believes that cloud computing could generate 35 billion euros (£30 billion) in revenue in Europe by 2014. It also feels that the right regulations could help business and governments make considerable savings on their costs by using the technology.