incredibly fast recovery times .
 As the adoption of cloud-based data centres continues on the predicted trajectory , it is worth mentioning that not all workloads will be suitable for a cloud approach and organisations should be careful before investing in a virtualised service . It is vital to seek the correct support and advice before pushing everything to the cloud . Organisations need to make the best use of the investments they have already made in their infrastructure , and have a clear understanding of their needs , before committing to IT change programs .
 Many CIOs I speak with are looking for opportunities to significantly reduce their data centre estate and critically assessing a move to co-location in some form or another . It is simply a case of when and not if .
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