We are working on automated provisioning of everything and private cloud. That everything includes Windows, SQL, AIX, DB2, SAP etc...

But, the weeks of process for approvals before hand are lagging far behind.

I've pre-built scripts to deploy systems and 100s of databases in minutes previously, it's certainly not rocket science, but the processes, approvals, funding etc need to catch up drastically.

The best thing about Cloud, is using it as leverage to show what's possible when IT are unleashed with some development support and decent tooling.