Epilogue. Thinking Beyond the Race

The race is about to begin. The runners are excited and at their marks waiting for that infamous sound.

“On your mark. Get set, Go!” yells the announcer and everyone takes off.

The runners are caught up in the moment and the crowd yells in excitement as first, second, and third place winners are announced.

Now What?

To fulfill its potential as the next evolution of enterprise IT, cloud computing must become more than an enabler of IT efficiencies. It must become a driver of business transformation. For some it will be about reengineering business processes like a retailer that needed a better way to manage its global supply chain, one involving hundreds of partners, thousands of locations, and a plethora of ...

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