J. Bruce Daley is a former vice president and principal analyst at Constellation Research, Inc.

 , Title: Big Ideas

Age Before Beauty

Before there can be a wholesale conversion to the Cloud legacy applications must be converted. This will take decades and not every vendor has taken this obstacle into account when projecting growth.

Professional Services Firms Need a Recurring Revenue Model

The services business has a lot of advantages but one big disadvantage in that you are always going out of business. Some organizations are using the Cloud to offer clients new ways to spend money than just time-and-materials or fixed price projects.