I don't think client-server is the alternative to the cloud. The only company-wide client-server application I saw in most organizations was Outlook. The rest,

I don't think client-server is the alternative to the cloud. The only company-wide client-server application I saw in most organizations was Outlook. The rest, from time tracking to individual performance evaluation, was all done in the intranet. So the real choice is between hosting in the cloud or self-hosting.