We noticed lots of chatter last week about the rise of cloud adoption and how easy implementations (or so they seem at the time) often create problems down the road. It’s true, of course, but nothing that can’t be solved with an empowered IT department steering the ship. SaaS Adoption on a Tear: Hollis Tibbetts wrote in ebizQ about how cloud adoption is on a “rampage” in business. Citing a recent report from Gatepoint Research, Tibbetts pointed out some interesting trends: 65% of respondents already have at least one SaaS application in production. The typical company has an average of 2+ SaaS/Cloud applications today, and for those who have a SaaS applications running, they typically have 3-4 of them. Tibbets tied this rapid rate of adoption to how easy it is for businesses to implement SaaS applications. The beauty of the cloud is in its simplicity — yet.