Germany’s Googlephobia

As the article mentions this is about business interests and is largely driven by the old media with plenty of daily horror stories about Google, while the company has a massive market share.

For me the whole issue has become a problem lately, since my startup uses App-engine-J and I have lost two corporate clients because of this since their new IT guidelines insist on all data having to be stored on German soil. Added to this is the perception that any Google services, including Apps for Business and Cloud Storage are scanned by Google.