Mark Skilton is a Director at Capgemini, Strategy, Global Infrastructure Services. He is also the Co-Chair of The Cloud Computing Work Group, The Open Group, an International Standards Body. He has published papers on Cloud Computing business metrics through The Open Group and has spoken at numerous leading international conferences on cloud computing business models. He co-founded SyntheticSpheres.com with Vladimir Baranek, a foundation for next generation business strategies. The views expressed in this article are his own and not of his past, current or future employers. Contact him at mrskilton@gmail.com. 
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