Three interesting posts I spotted from various blogs or were passed along to me lately ....

Are the vendors we use now for our software the ones we'll end up surviving in the road to the Cloud?
Vendors being pushed into cloud, kicking and screaming? | Service-Oriented Architecture | ZDNet.com:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=2259

SMBs want a combination of on premises combined with cloud as when they want their data, they want their data.
Are SMBs Facing A Crisis Of Cloud Confidence? | bMighty.com: Blogs For Small Business and Mid-Sized Business:
http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2009/06/are_smbs_facing.html

Karl Palachuk's new blog set on moving to the cloud...
Small Biz Thoughts by Karl Palachuk: Moving to the Cloud Part Two - Finances:
http://blog.smallbizthoughts.com/2009/06/moving-to-cloud-part-two-finances.html

So how do you reconcile everyone saying that SMBs are jumping to the cloud as fast as they can with the article that says they are wanting assurances?

And will the same vendors we use now for our software be the same ones we use in the future?  Only time will tell.