This is a collection of interesting articles, blog posts, etc from around the web related to Cloud, Technology, Leadership, CIOs and the Enterprise.  In addition to our own content, the goal is to showcase the variety of conversations occurring around the web in the area of business productivity.  If you have others we should consider for future Digests, just post in the comments section.

Consumerization of IT and Generation Y – Let's Keep Things in Perspective 

It's indisputable that it's consumer-facing technologies that are making the running today. The IT systems that most of us are faced with when we're at work tend to be a lot less easy to use than the ones providing consumer services, for one thing.

What CIOs are Most Worried About

Fifty-four percent of federal CIOs surveyed foresee their IT budgets staying flat or dropping in fiscal 2012, according to an annual survey from TechAmerica and Grant Thornton.

Cloud Elasticity – A Real World Example

Cloud computing is likened to utilities that we use at our homes, such as electricity or water.  We pay for what we use and ‘turn the faucet off’ when we’re not using resources. The alternative is traditional IT infrastructure environments where there is a large spend on cap-ex resources that may sit idle for large periods of time, waiting for the occasional times when they’re needed to scale up to meet demand. 

The View From the CIO's Office

Once the CIO oversaw an IT department that ran a company's servers, ordered computer equipment and reset employees' forgotten passwords. They still do this, of course, but now, as technology becomes central to every department from marketing to manufacturing, CIOs are becoming key participants in nearly every business decision.

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