This document discusses cloud trends and momentum based on statistics from industry reports. It notes that 70% of CIOs will embrace a cloud first strategy in 2016, 45% of IT spending will be on cloud services by 2020, and 71% of companies saw rising demand for IT projects in 2013. Common barriers to cloud adoption are lack of time and resources to implement new technologies. The document advocates for service providers to help customers migrate from private on-premise systems to private off-premise cloud and to plan their infrastructure around the "Triple C's Azure Pack" platform.