If this concept were totally new, I could agree with part of your statements. "Cloud" appears to be an outgrowth of several products and services that have been available for quite some time.
Suppliers of managed and hosting services have been doing this type of thing and have served organizations of all sizes.
What seems to be new is self-service management tools, pay by the use rather than paying on a monthly or annual basis and applying various forms of virtualization technology to the environment.
Dan K
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