Cloud computing is going mainstream. After the first wave of startups, we see more and more big enterprises adopting the cloud. Wall Street for example is using the cloud this way:

IBM seems to be serious about cloud computing. After the initial Blue cloud announcement, they recently announced a cloud validation service to help enterprises being confortable with the cloud offering.

Have a look here.

Major things to notice:

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