Rule 1 for migration to Cloud Computing – Get the definition right.
IT industry, like fashion industry, has an absolute Darwinian need for inventing (and then betting farm on) new trends. Cloud computing, with all it’s advantages and disadvantages, is on it’s way to become a must-play IT trend.
George Zachary of Charles River Venture, calls this a new dotcom. He should know, he must be getting business plans by the dozens. I won’t be surprised if half of those PowerPoint pitches are full of replace-all of ‘Web2.0/SaaS’ with ‘Cloud …

I am struggling to understand the definition of cloud computing – in the context of IT budget allocation. How is industry going to classify something as falling under cloud computing budget? In many companies I work with there is no Chief Cloud Officer operating with allocated budget.
With data center, we know there is an infrastructure cost component and staffing (along with well defined roles) which goes with it. Similarly on the application side, we have line of businesses and strategic initiatives.
Question is who is going to the primary driver for …