As more and more CIOs move their company’s IT infrastructure into the  cloud, the importance of the cloud is becoming more and more important.

I’d like to be able to tell you that all of that work that you put into  selecting the right cloud provider for your company is a “one and done”  type of activity. However, that’s not the case. For a variety of  reasons, you may decide later on down the road that you want to switch  cloud providers. 

When this happens, the person with the CIO job needs to  make sure that they have the flexibility to do this when the time  comes, without significant negative impact to the company.