SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS: Evaluating Cloud Service Agreement Models, Negotiating Key Terms, Minimizing Contract Disputes
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE course will guide business and technology counsel in drafting contracts for cloud computing services customers. The program will focus on the key terms in these contracts and discuss how they differ from traditional software license terms. The panel will address some of the most common mistakes attorneys make in cloud computing contracts.
Outline
- Explanation of different cloud computing models (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS) and how they impact contracts
- Key provisions in cloud computing services agreements
- Best practices to mitigate risk and speed negotiations
Benefits
We will review these and other critical issues
- Learn the key clauses found in cloud computing agreements
- Discover some of the traps for the unwary and learn to avoid typical mistakes
- Pick up strategies for mitigating risks and reducing negotiation time
- Preview the most commonly disputed risks arising during contract negotiations, along with strategies for managing them
Faculty
Michael R. Overly
Partner
Foley & Lardner
Mr. Overly focuses his practice on drafting and negotiating technology related agreements, software licenses, hardware... | Read More
Mr. Overly focuses his practice on drafting and negotiating technology related agreements, software licenses, hardware acquisition, development, disaster recovery, outsourcing agreements, information security agreements, e-commerce agreements, and technology use policies. He counsels clients in the areas of technology acquisition, information security, electronic commerce, and on-line law. He is the co-author of A Guide to IT Contracting: Checklists, Tools and Techniques (CRC Press, 2012).
CloseEarly Discount (through 07/25/25)