Amid questions that Cloud programming may hit the thriving outsourcing industry, it looks like India is marching right into the middle of the Cloud with Windows Azure becoming available recently in India for Indian businesses and developers. Planning for the long haul and dedication has paid off in past and surely it will happen again. Probably it will emerge stronger because of the cloud. Which of the cloud players will remain standing in India after the dust is cleared remains to be seen. May be, Indian entrepreneurs will come up with their own 'Swadeshi' cloud at a cost that will haul away users from overseas vendors.

*Swadeshi= indigenous