It'll be interesting to see where things take us in the next 12 months. It's still very much a "new" field and a lot of trial and error is still happening. My problem is that in order to offer the power of a dedicated server in the cloud is actually MORE expensive for the most part. I understand that speeds are supposed to be faster from various parts, but that will depend on the architecture of the cloud itself and where that data is being stored.

Don't get me wrong, I know Amazon is doing a heck of a job, as are a lot of other large online stores, but I don't (YET) see the advantage for a mom and pop going online in the cloud hosting and paying more money.

I've been reading up on it and stay on track with InformationWeek and various other weekly magazines and articles that come out, but at the moment it still seems to be a guessing game for many people.