Likewise, Marketing needs to get its head out of the creative cloud and walk several miles in the shoes of Sales.

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As the cloud continues to be discussed as a way for businesses to get the most out of their application landscapes, inevitably multitudes of vendors will rush to fulfill the demand for viable cloud solutions.

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And, at least at first, the only way you can get files into and out of OnLive Desktop is through its Web-accessible cloud-storage service.

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But companies are beginning to get serious about exploring new ways to strip skills out of tasks and to migrate the de-skilled work to the Cloud.

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