Even in Germany, which is suffering somewhat under the European cloud, but is sort of the break in that cloud, there is a corporate earnings growth rate at close to 10% for the year.
Instinctively it would seem that cloud computing technology would be a critical weapon to break down the line of business silos that exist in retail banks.
Of course, while we've seen this sort of setup before (as seen above, check out an awesomely 90s Sega Channel ad after the break) and recently from OnLive and Gaikai, cloud gaming has yet to catch on in a major way.