This document discusses blending business process outsourcing (BPO) and cloud computing. It provides background on trends in both areas, with BPO seeing a shift to more standardized predefined solutions and cloud computing seeing growth in hybrid models. The document concludes that while cloud computing is revolutionary, not one size fits all, and combining it with BPO can transform businesses by standardizing and automating processes. Two case studies show companies benefitting from moving to cloud-based applications and data consolidation.