Lance, you said "As an IT leader, it’s time to take your seat at the business table..."

For many CIOs that moved up the ranks of IT organizations that pride themselves on performance metrics that measure system up-time and availability, talking the language of business is a goal (aspiration) they hope to achieve -- some time in the foreseeable future.

But there's a good reason why most cloud services are being procured by Line-of-Business leaders. These executives can't wait for the legacy CIO and IT manager to make the transition.

My point: earning a seat at the table requires more than a desire to evolve up the value-chain -- you also need appropriate skills.