When combined with sophisticated analytic and financial control engines powered by companies such as Cloudability and Cloudyn that allow IT to monitor and develop strategies for Continuous Improvement and real-time redistribution of resources and spend, 2013 will be the year that the Cloud pays off.

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Second, in an ecologic analysis, one cannot control for confounding factors as one can in an analytic epidemiologic study.

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