On the Cloud News Roundup: Week of December 2, 2011

This week in cloud computing, there were a myriad of 2012 predictions as publications and companies alike shared their views on what is to come in the new year. Also making headlines this week: the Patriot Act is causing American companies that have international business opportunities headaches and the Asia Pacific region is slated to grow by 30 percent in 2012 making a huge market for rivaling PaaS companies. These stories and more in this week's on the cloud:

•  The Patriot Act is causing trouble for many American tech companies as they combat the international skepticism and fear about the law, as well as the knowledge that the data could be handed over to the government at any time. [Politico] [The Atlantic Wire]
   
• According to experts, 30% of APAC companies will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2012. This is a burgeoning market for cloud computing companies and PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) is set to be the next “battleground” for companies wishing to penetrate the APAC market. [News Wire Today]
   
•  A recent study conducted by Nasuni shows that security and control are among the top concerns for cloud computing adoption. [Nasuni] [Virtualization Review]
   
• In a week filled with technology predictions for 2012, forecasts have been made by publications and vendors alike in mobile, disaster recovery and cloud computing. [ZDNet] [MarketWatch] [Business Cloud News]
   
• Brightcove has no longer just in the video business it has made its new App Cloud product public, which makes the creation and distribution of mobile web apps easier for everyone and is free for developers to experiment with. [GIGAOM]