In my No Jitter posts Cloudy with a Chance of Synergy and Cloud Makes Strange Bedfellows, we started discussions about the ways in which cloud is creating change in the nature of relationships between companies. One of the reasons that these changes are occurring is because cloud is breaking down technical boundaries. The results include new ways to create innovation by unleashing once trapped potential for the application of intellectual property. This is the first episode in a multiple part series on the subject.