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YOUR CLOUD

STRATEGY: WHAT

KIND OF COMPANY

DO YOU WANT?

The growth of cloud computing outside companies will change
computing practices inside companies. But having adapted to
some of the efficiencies and conventions of the cloud, can an
IT organization change the rest of the company?

In all likelihood, by itself, it cannot. A business’s habits,
processes, and conventions of thinking are embedded in what
has worked for it in the past. The computing professionals can
only make cloud computing available as a potential platform
for the business. Here’s where every business professional has
something to contribute in making the transition. New uses of
computing will spring up continually as cloud resources grow.

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