Why Build a Private Cloud?
Grazed from Business2Community. Author: Alexis Cleary.
IT is currently facing two dilemmas. The first is many want their private cloud architecture to work with their existing data center. Secondly, IT professionals are looking to build private clouds that are open to other clouds but also equipped to run existing in-house systems and applications. So you may be asking yourself, “Why should I build a private cloud?”
Under a private cloud, an agency effectively acts as a service provider for their internal customers. IT professionals that move to a private cloud would deliver the same kind of flexible computing as public clouds from Amazon Web Services (AWS), but behind a firewall and without the security worries that come with sending data outside the agency. This scenario appeals to organizations that want more control over their infrastructure…
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