Call for rethink on data storage 数据存储需要新思路
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The rules on the movement of electronic data around the world need an overhaul1, according to a Microsoft executive2.

一位微软主管称,世界范围内的电子数据存储需要彻底检查。

There are thousands of data centres around the world.
There are thousands of data centres around the world.

Many technology companies, including Microsoft, IBM and Yahoo, use vast data centres to run services over the internet and store data such as e-mail.

However, the rules for data storage can vary widely from country to country.

One might insist that data is kept for a year while another might want it destroyed in six months, said Microsoft senior vice-president Brad Smith.

"If that's the case, it's very difficult to locate a data centre in one country and provide that service to consumers in another country," he said, speaking at the Global Services Conference in Washington in the US.

Mr Smith called for new trade rules to ease what he called the "quagmire3(沼泽)" of laws facing the information providers industry.

Andy Cordial4, managing director of British company Origin Storage, agreed that there was a problem.

"There are a number of standards in place and if anything they're confusing," he told the BBC. "Not only are there different standards between countries but also within countries, depending on the sensitivity5 of the data."

The UK, home to hundreds of data centres, was no exception, he added.



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1 overhaul yKGxy     
v./n.大修,仔细检查
参考例句:
  • Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
  • It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知,铁路系统需要大检修。
2 executive Ymlxs     
adj.执行的,行政的;n.执行者,行政官,经理
参考例句:
  • A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
  • He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。
3 quagmire StDy3     
n.沼地
参考例句:
  • On their way was a quagmire which was difficult to get over.路上他俩遇到了—个泥坑,很难过得去。
  • Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.大雨使草地变得一片泥泞。
4 cordial roHzp     
adj.(指感情或行为上)热忱的,诚恳的
参考例句:
  • The conversation was carried on in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.会谈是在亲切友好的气氛中进行的。
  • The meeting of the old classmates was extremely cordial.老同学聚会在一起,分外亲热。
5 sensitivity 4DtzQ     
n.敏感(性),灵敏(度)
参考例句:
  • Hearing sensitivity declines with age.听觉因年老而衰退。
  • Such is the sensitivity of the information that only two people are allowed to know it.这信息极为敏感,只允许两个人知道。
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