This week's Workday Wrap-Up includes several articles on what C-level executives think about emerging technologies such as cloud computing. We read about CIOs whose "calculated risks" with cloud computing, mobility, and social media paid off, and hear from several large companies who attest to cloud computing's positive impact on their growth strategies. Meanwhile, we also read about CIOs who don't "adapt" to cloud computing and social media, and what SaaS must prove before getting clearance from CFOs.

1. Workday Wrap-Up:
Innovative CIOs, Cautious CIOs, and Ruling CFOs
April 15, 2011 by Mary Hayes Weier
This week's Workday Wrap-Up includes several articles on what C-level executives think about emerging
technologies such as cloud computing. We read about CIOs whose "calculated risks" with cloud computing,
mobility, and social media paid off, and hear from several large companies who attest to cloud computing's
positive impact on their growth strategies. Meanwhile, we also read about CIOs who don't "adapt" to cloud
computing and social media, and what SaaS must prove before getting clearance from CFOs.
- Mary
Cloud & SaaS
Writes Fritz Nelson at InformationWeek: "When CIOs take calculated risks, choosing emerging technologies
from less established companies, the payoff can be enticing."
CIO Risk Takers, Rain Makers
Vera Alves of Computerworld writes that CIOs should accept cloud computing and social media, and stop
resisting change.
'Adapt or Die'
Cloud computing has been "one of the most successful strategies of an ambitious plan to reform IT projects
and programs across the federal government," writes Elizabeth Montalbano at InformationWeek.
Federal IT Reform Finds Success In The Cloud
Mary Hayes Weier explains why SaaS can be the best choice for large global rollouts in this blog at
Workday.com, and cites the positive experiences of insurance carrier Aviva.
Why SaaS Trumps Traditional Software for Large Global Rollouts
Dana Gardner blogs at ZDNet about the growing need to integrate SaaS with traditional applications.
Integration Needs Escalate as Enterprises Ramp Up ESBs, Seek to Join SaaS and Legacy
Cath Everett writes up four questions to consider about SaaS at Silicon.com.
Cloud Computing: SaaS Move? Four Key Questions
At CIO, Stephanie Overby chronicles how cloud computing has helped growth at several large companies by
allowing them to focus investments on strategic growth initiatives.
How Cloud Computing Promotes Business Growth

2. David Carr looks at both cloud and on-premise application costs at Computerworld.
What the Cloud Really Costs: Do You Know?
Sandra Gittlen at CIO writes, "When it comes to the decision whether to subscribe to a software-as-a-service…
finance is where the buck should stop."
Finance's Role in Controlling Use of SaaS
Enterprise Software
In its first "Application Landscape" report, Capgemini finds that millions of applications are obsolete and no
longer deliver business value, as reported by Dana Gardner at ZDNet.
Proliferating, Outmoded Applications and Data Explosion Hamper Enterprises in Innovation, Any Quick Move
to Cloud Computing
HR
Forbes contributor Steve Denning writes that "HR leaders still find themselves on the outside, reeling from C-
Suite initiatives that undermine the management of talent and to which they weren't a party."
How Strategic HR Wins The Keys To The C-Suite
Workday
Our co-founder and co-CEO Aneel Bhusri discusses what it takes to build a successful enterprise cloud
application company, and the outlook for an IPO, on Bloomberg West television.
Bhusri Interview About Workday IPO
Workday received great coverage for our Workday Cloud Integration announcements the week of March 28.
Here are a few follow-up stories from the past two weeks:
Mel Duvall at Information Management
Workday Launches Cloud-Based Integration Platform
Jacob Nthoiwa at IT Web:
Workday Looks to the Cloud
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