The Big Switch

·      Henry Burden made horseshoe machine to get competitive advantage

·      George Westinghouse built the first big centralized alternating circuit plant

·      IT Labor cost are the biggest cost in IT

·      Consumers have moved to cloud computing

·      Businesses are trying to switch to cloud computing to keep up with demand set by consumers

·      Most innovation and investments are going into the cloud

·      Companies are improving on their control, liability, and security

·      Adoption Models:

o   Using cloud as model on how you provide your own

o   The Cloud is supplement.

o   Cloud is replacement.

o   Cloud is democratizer.

o   Cloud is revolution