Is the cloud a good investment? Does it deliver strong returns? How can we invest responsibly in the cloud? These are questions IT and finance leaders are wrestling with today because the cloud has left many companies in a balancing act—caught somewhere between the need for cloud innovation and the fiscal responsibility to ensure they are investing wisely, getting full value out of the cloud. Nearly 85% of CIOs say despite increasing IT budgets they are under pressure to stretch budgets further than ever before—with a focus on technical debt and cloud costs. Gartner estimates that 70% of overs…