Today, in Westminster, Chancellor George Osborne unveiled plans to cut public spending by £83 billion. I was among the thousands of IT professionals crowded into Earl's Court 2 to discover how IT investment can help their organisations survive the new era of fiscal austerity, and emerge financially stronger, more competitive and more profitable.
They were not disappointed.
Addressing a packed audience for the opening keynote address of IP EXPO 2010, Acadia Enterprises CEO, detailed how the new age of cloud computing is set to revolutionize IT service delivery and the business effectiveness of the organisations that adopt it.
"Cloud" said Capellas "will be mainstream within 24 months."
"This bus has already left the station. You can either be under it, or on it," he said.
The same message, with different emphasis was heard from other quarters. In the seminar theatres, VMware's Paul Strong detailed some of the technical challenges that still lay ahead.
Freeform Dynamics' Jon Collins offered timely advice on how to distinguish marketing hype deliverable reality in today's increasingly competitive IT infrastructure markets.
Meanwhile, I enjoyed talking directly to the latest compute, storage and network infrastructure product and technologies showcased by more than 230 exhibitors. LiveEnsure partnered with The Virtual Tech Group Basingstoke were busy as they talked to Cloud providers who need authentication to secure entry points of their systems.
Far sighted organisations are ready to invest in their future, and those who are will be looking closely at the security aspects of their cloud provider.
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