Gartner Says Cloud Adoption in Europe Will Trail U.S. by At Least Two Years

European privacy rules, multicountry business processes, a deep euro crisis and a lingering recession will conspire to delay cloud computing adoption in Europe by at least two years when compared to the U.S., according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that although interest in cloud is high in Europe, the diversity of Europe’s 44 different nations will result in slow cloud adoption in this region.