Where does Cloud computing fit into your company's strategy? Cloud computing represents a new way, in some cases a better and cheaper way, of delivering enterprise IT, but it's not as easy as it sounds. Everyone agrees that Cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services, Google Apps, and Salesforce.com CRM, have become bona fide enterprise options, but there are questions about privacy, data security, industry standards, vendor lock-in, and high-performing apps that have yet to be vaporized as cloud services.
Source: Information Week, http://www.informationweek.com