In some respects, adoption of cloud is already wide spread. However the true promise of cloud computing is only in its infancy. In a rush to adopt cloud computing, many organizations are ignoring some of the most prized learnings of information technology lore. Some may argue that “it is no longer their responsibility given IT is being outsourced to a service provider”. Download this paper from DSA to find out the 5 mistakes in Cloud Computing that have been observed and culled from discussions with users, vendors and expert consultants.