1) The document discusses how businesses need to shift from prioritizing efficiency to responsiveness in order to adapt to today's fast-paced, changing business environment where customer needs and technologies are constantly evolving. 2) It recommends that businesses move from a fixed capital expenditure model to a variable operating expenditure model using cloud computing in order to gain more flexibility and agility. 3) The cloud allows businesses to explore new opportunities with lower risks by enabling them to quickly setup, scale up or down, and retire applications and services on demand.