Cloud computing is a very important trend, and there is no doubt about its increasing role in the future. In this meeting, Telecom Council members will explore building clouds and turning cloud computing into strategic businesses from the network operators' perspective. Make no mistake: we think that Cloud Apps are important, cool, and interesting, but the topic of 'Cloud' needs to be discussed across the board, and the Telecom Council is the perfect forum to focus on the companies that build the cloud, not just those apps that ride on it.