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Six Ways To Fail In The Cloud: Page 5 of 5

Our 2011 InformationWeek Analytics State of Cloud Computing Survey shows a 67 percent increase in the number of companies using cloud services, up from 18 percent in February 2009 and 30 percent in October 2010. IT now has a choice: Grab ownership of what's poised to be a core part of the enterprise technology toolset, or shortchange key functions and set ourselves up for disaster.
January 24, 2011

Our 2010 State of Outsourcing Survey showed that nearly six of 10 IT shops outsource some critical function--management, engineering or development. So you can see the staffing challenge CIOs face. This is a major gap that won't necessarily go away through market forces attracting additional talent to meet your needs. You need to start building your own talent bench.

figure-3.pngGet ready for a wild ride. Capital expenditures used to provide a brake, regulating the pace of internal service adoption. That's come off with the cloud, so IT teams need to build new policies and platform models that will protect the company as business activity gets rolling. That's because, once cloud apps become part of the fabric, there'll be no slowing down to make adjustments.

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