It is no secret that carriers are moving into the cloud computing market at a rapid pace. Already in 2011 there have been two major acquisitions of data center companies and more are sure to follow. There will be a number of significant strides in the cloud space over the coming months but as a precursor to those, I’d like to talk about what I mean by cloud technologies, where I think this space is headed and why PAETEC is very excited about the future .