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Relying on cloud computing strategies to free up dollars and time that can quickly be re-invested in product and service innovation emerged as the highest priority for respondents in a recent Rackspace survey. While cost reductions were significant, the greatest contributions were seen in investments in innovation (48%), new product & service development (45%), and boosting sale efforts (38%).

While alternative sourcing approaches such as shared services, outsourcing, and cloud services are much discussed at conferences and in the media, the reality for this group of CIOs is that ICT management is still about managing the people, processes, and technologies of the in-house ICT department. It is therefore not surprising that a shortage of people and skills was regarded as one of the major challenges.

With the growing cloud computing market, there is potential for small businesses to take advantage of the technology in order to compete better with larger companies. Cloud computing is fantastic for SMBs because it allows you get to maintain complete control but without the expensive financial and staff costs and protects your business from downtime distress.

The cloud can be a great investment for most organisations. It offers the promise to significantly increase capacity and agility, while simultaneously reducing costs. Companies invest significant resource to attain a great ROI in the cloud, but if that investment isn't secured, migrating could turn out to be a disaster.

Building contractors were told this week that cloud computing could make a huge difference to the construction industry, especially when it comes to project management.

Any move to the cloud requires a transformational way of thinking. With a global enterprise, this requires unique preparations and considerations.

Although the EU does a good job describing in non technical terms what cloud is and why Europe needs it, it kind of stops there.

While efficiency, cost, analytics are worthy goals for moving to the cloud, there's a more fundamental objectives companies should strive for.