Private, Public and Hybrid Clouds: A closer look at what needs to be considered
August 22, 2013
Grazed from ITProPortal. Author: Anthony Savaas.
European enterprises are currently spending almost one-third of their annual IT budget on cloud computing, spread over private, public and "hybrid" clouds, according to research. But what are the different cloud platforms and how should companies approach their entry into the cloud. The research mentioned was conducted among 455 senior IT staff at large firms, with the data collected by IDG Research Services on behalf of server virtualisation software firm, VMware.
Spending on the cloud and going private first
The study explored the views of IT leaders involved in the purchase process for cloud computing systems across seven EMEA countries, including the UK, and found that 31 percent of IT budgets are now allocated to cloud computing. Of the work taking place in the cloud, the study found that most of it involves private clouds (54 percent), followed by 24 percent in public clouds and 22 percent in public/private hybrid clouds…
Many companies are first looking to move to the cloud using a private cloud model using their internal data centre to distribute applications and services and share data across departments, staff and partners. Once they master this way of working they are then often moving towards externally hosted cloud services through relying on public clouds, or adopting the hybrid cloud model by integrating external cloud services with their on-premise private clouds…
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