Every week, I spend a lot of time sifting through blog posts about the cloud.  We got to thinking that other people may not have the time to do this (I don’t either, but hey … it’s part of my job!).   For your reading pleasure, I’ve put together a round-up of some of the more interesting stories that have come out in the last ten days that you may have missed.

• Who needs an IT Department Anymore? by @philww
  Continuous iterative development on cloud platforms could force a radical restructuring of IT resources within the enterprise and new models of outsourcing.
• The Neglected Cloud Adoption Driver: Pre-Integrated Ecosystem by @gevaperry
  Customers are increasingly becoming aware of the importance of ecosystems of cloud services — and specifically of the value of pre-integration.
• Cloud is Now 
  81% of businesses evaluating/planning cloud adoption, 25% already run all core services on the Cloud.
• Google Cloud Storage Goes Live via @jzb
  Google is turning up the heat with its cloud services for the enterprise. Today the company bundled up several announcements ranging from the Cloud SQL service in limited preview to promoting Cloud Storage out of Google Labs.
• The Small Business Forecast for Cloud Computing by @lauriemccabe 
  Several factors that have coalesced to create the right conditions for cloud computing’s increased popularity. To begin with, cloud computing providers have grown up.
• Cloud is fueling innovation by making failure an option by @joemckendrick
  Who doesn’t want innovation these days? It’s the new mantra of organizations large and small as they attempt to navigate and get the upper hand in today’s hyper-competitive and unforgiving global economy.
• I’ll Probably Never Hire Another Pure SysAdmin by @johnjpeebles
  In just a couple of years, deploying a web application has now become almost identical to deploying a desktop application – instead of an installer we’re using Git or Puppet/Chef.
• What Amazon S3′s 566 billion objects say about cloud use by @derrickharris
  One is that the executives often surveyed still don’t know their developers are using the cloud, even if it’s not officially sanctioned. Another is that most surveys overlook that cloud computing has enabled an entirely new class of startups and small businesses that aren’t always easy to reach because they’re not the customers of software companies that often conduct these surveys.
• Why DevOps Matters to Business by @philww
  There’s a new game in town, called DevOps, which helps deliver business innovation on the same compressed ‘jump in and iterate’ cycles we associate with cloud application development

If you see any articles you think I should include in future round-ups, please tweet us with the link or add a comment below!