How cloud computing changed internal IT in 2009
Strangely enough, cloud computing has turned out to be more about reviewing and modernizing internal IT than about how internal IT systems can be extended to the clouds. More simply put, we now try to replicate the value of cloud computing by modernizing and reimplementing our existing IT architectures using cloud computing concepts, such as self-provisioning, virtualization, elasticity, multitenancy, and yes, SOA.
via infoworld.com