Cloud adoption is soaring among Indian organizations as CIOs embrace their changing role. The emergence of cloud computing has significantly transformed the role of CIOs by creating new teams and structures and changing benchmarks of success. A CIO's approach to adopting cloud internally should be similar to a cloud service provider's approach, beginning with a well-defined strategy, expressing their vision supportively, and educating CEOs on cloud benefits like faster innovation. For a CIO to succeed in their transformed role, they must have both a deep understanding of the business and the technologies that support it.