Cloud computing is a term that they come across often these days. Many Companies are often trying to increase the functionality of Information Technology while minimizing capital expenditures. This paper presents the survey on primary impediments to cloud computing while adopting, based on the cloud services, which are requested by the cloud customer. Mainly this survey focus on the issues related to security, interoperability, regulation policy, reliability, complexity. This paper is also suggested some necessary guidelines for regulation compliance in cloud computing.

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