well to be honest its because it sounds cool, its in the news, and so how can such proposals be wrong. Seriously the number of times I heard "the cloud" bandied about by people who have continuously failed or were "thwarted" by people who knew better is getting silly. I am sure it happens in other places but too many think it makes them look smart to suggest it.

if anything its a diversion from fixing what is broke or even admitting to it within some organizations