Business users are drawn to the cloud. Of course, that's not surprising, considering they tend to see only the benefits: self-service freedom, scalability, availability, flexibility, and the pleasure of avoiding various nasty hardware and software headaches. IT leaders, on the other hand, aren't always as enthusiastic. They worry about cloud security and have legitimate concerns that applications and data could fall into the hands of unauthorized users. What's more, they also want to retain a level of influence and control. Can both "sides" have their way?
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