The document summarizes the findings of a survey of 3,000 IT executives about cloud computing initiatives and forecasts for 2013 and 2014. It finds that cloud deployments are expected to increase 70% over the next year as more applications move to the cloud. Hybrid cloud models combining public, private and community clouds are expected to grow. Budget constraints remain a top challenge for IT departments to overcome. The conclusion is that 2014 will be the year of cloud computing so data centers need to prepare now to optimize performance and management and enable cloud initiatives.