The shift to Office 365 (and more specifically, SharePoint Online) is an odd discussion topic. Usually the sentiments fall into the following broad categories:

•  "You haven't moved yet? Really? You're clearly far behind the curve…"

• "Obviously, everyone knows everything is going to the cloud."
   But when asked "Oh, so have you moved yet?" the answer often is…
   "Erm, not yet, but we're finalising the planning!"

• "Yup, we've moved, all good!"
   But when the organisation is large and someone asks "OK, so no issues whatsoever?", the answer often is…
   "Erm, well, we still have some users complaining of really slow access. Damn Telkom!"

Things aren't black and white. They're (as always) murky and in most instances very grey, regardless of what the average marketing spin doctor claims.

In spite of the above, we're continuing to see increased adoption of O365 in our client base, and it looks as if much of the initial turbulence has passed and IT and Internal Communications managers are finally becoming comfortable with the cloud story. By all accounts, even the most hardened pragmatists are having to admit that SharePoint clouds are not just a nice fluffy thing to think about, but a real tangible thing to get value from in 2015.

Let's see what happens…

Trivia: Did you know that the average cumulus cloud, due to its large size and accompanying water volume, weighs close to 400 tons? That's a lot of mass floating around above our heads on an average cloudy day…