There is a lot of pressure on today’s CIO. Enterprises are asking them to think more strategically, trim budgets, and make decisions that will drive the business forward. Juggling those responsibilities is a delicate act, and the fear of dropping the ball, especially when it comes to budgets, keeps many CIOs up at night.
Technology vendors have worked diligently in recent years to build scalable systems with flexible payment options that better fit business needs. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) found its start with CRM, led by Salesforce.com, but the idea of moving enterprise software to the cloud quickly caught on in a wide variety of enterprise technologies. Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) followed suit, with companies like Amazon offering previously unimaginable compute and storage power in the cloud.