[pizu]

IT departments will always exist in the Enterprise.

I work for a major ISP in the UK and they will never move to cloud for their core systems (Network, CMR, Billing, Provisioning). If you are trying to sell any software to them, they will ask you if you can provide a build that they can then deploy on their servers. Forget cloud computing. That may work for some teams and some functions within the business (e.g. marketing, online dev, UX) but the core functions, where you'll find customers' data, will never be moved to the cloud.

[corresation]

Never is a word that should never be used (har har): it is a futile attempt to shackle the future with the biases of the present, and unless you have a time machine it is a statement that can't be proven.

[twic]

Entropy in a closed system will never decrease. Enjoy your shackles.