In Public Cloud Computing Warfare, Is ITaaS the Key to Peace?

Grazed from MidSizeInsider. Author: Doug Bonderud.

The gloves are off in a fight for public cloud computing dominance. In the last two weeks, several cloud leaders have announced changes to their pricing structure in a bid to woo enterprise and midsize IT professionals who still have doubts about a shared cloud solution. There is another option: IT-as-a-service (ITaaS), which leverages IT resources in cloudlike form without resorting to full-on, distributed deployment. Some experts call it the answer to public cloud computing. Can it really make peace?

A Pressurized Environment

According to an April 2 ZDNet article, lower prices combined with higher availability make public clouds an attractive option for many companies; so attractive, in fact, that IT departments may find themselves under pressure from C-suite executives and shadow IT guerrillas who desperately want cloud access. One possible answer is to meet halfway through the use of ITaaS…

Pitched as more than just another "as-a-service" add-on, the key to ITaaS is treating IT resources as commodities not exceptions. True ITaaS is not about replacing internal IT talent with outsourced experts; rather, it is about creating a viable way for IT professionals to farm out infrastructure needs. Rather than letting employees and executives loose in the cloud and then trying to mitigate cost and sprawl, ITaaS effectively creates real-life hypervisors — IT admins — who buffer and regulate cloud use…

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