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May 7, 2012

Andrew Baker and 3 other people answered this question

What is keeping you from making the leap to a private cloud?

I would say that cost and complexity are two of the things that can keep organizations from making the move from a robust virtualization infrastructure to a private cloud. There's a lot more involved in creating a private cloud than just virtualization (which is among ... more

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April 21, 2012

Paul Hoffmann and 8 other people answered this question

Cloud computing models: What is best for a small company?

Cloud is a useful option that offers financial benefits (less capital outlay), service benefits (higher uptimes), support benefits (more knowledgeable people supporting your enviroment) and flexibility (easier to add/delete/switch). As noted, you need to determine how the solution will fit and/or benefit your business, but ... more

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April 12, 2012

Stephney McMohan answered this question

Public vs. private cloud computing

Private cloud (or corporate cloud) is a computing architecture that provides cloud hosting services to a limited number of people behind a firewall. Advances in virtualization and distributed computing have allowed corporate network and data center administrators to effectively become service providers that meet the ... more

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April 4, 2012

james watson commented on a brief

Private Clouds? Can They Exist? Are They Necessary?

Private cloud (or corporate cloud) is a computing architecture that provides cloud hosting services to a limited number of people behind a firewall. Advances in virtualization and distributed computing have allowed corporate network and datacenter administrators to effectively become service providers that meet the needs ... more

April 2, 2012

Faiz Sovani and 7 other people answered this question

Private vs Public Cloud: What's cheaper?

Great answers, to add it very much depends on the application and use of the cloud. For example if there are industry requirements such as from the Federal government or healthcare with HIPPA compliance a private cloud may be the most viable and necessary solution. ... more

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March 22, 2012

kevin cloinger and 8 other people answered this question

Private clouds: can they exist? Are they needed?

I know here great example of private cloud. http://openstack.org/user-stories/mercadolibre-inc/
If you need more ask nasa why they big player in this field? more

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Feb. 13, 2012

Catherine Goldberg asked a question

Will you be signing up AT&T's virtual private cloud? What are your initial thoughts?

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SAP runs VMware to provision private clouds that support complex and critical training applications

Dec. 7, 2011

Mark Thiele answered this question

What are your predictions for private, public, and hybrid cloud adoption in 2012 and beyond?

This isn't a simple one paragraph answer type of question, but I'll be as brief as possible.
I see both private and public being prominent over the next 10 years. There will be core private cloud environments specifically designed for work that the enterprise justifies ... more

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Nov. 11, 2011

JP Morgenthal and 4 other people answered this question

Since enterprise clouds cost disproportionately more than public clouds, should they deliver more?

Really good answers. I'll just add the following analogy.
You'll pay a premium for a single family residence as compared to a unit in a multi-family dwelling. The key being this is an economical consequence to a personal preference. There may be many reasons why you ... more

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