Online Exclusive: Proposed Ethics Opinion Finds Use of Web-Based Document Management Permissible

Storing data on remote servers in a vendor’s data center and accessing it via the Internet through various forms of “cloud computing” or Software as a Service (SaaS) can be a cost-effective solution for companies that don’t want to invest in their own technical infrastructure. A SaaS vendor owns and maintains the infrastructure while the customer pays a periodic fee for that use.