"Cloud computing represents a game-changing paradigm shift in the industry, with consumers (and the enterprises they serve) crying out for a broadened set of standards in areas where standards have never existed before."

"By running a more or less consistent survey each year, we have the opportunity to not only ‘take the pulse’ of the budgeting activity in the current year, but also to acquire a longitudinal view by comparing the current year’s results with the past."

-- Joseph Feller, Editor