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Cloud Computing: Enterprises lean towards Private Clouds
Cloud computing is a utility-like computing resource that can scale dynamically and provide virtualized computing resources. Cloud computering users need not have any knowledge or expertise in the underlying infrastructure that supports them. And a big benefit of cloud computing is that companies don’t need to invest in the staff and expertise for managing network infrastructure.
Initially cloud computing have been “public” and available via internet access. Now some companies are considering taking cloud computing private. “Private” clouds at first glance don’t seem to make too much sense — on the surface taking the infrastructure private sounds like again pushing all responsibility for the management of the networking infrastructure back onto the company, the very thing companies were trying to avoid. Compliance concerns may cause many mid to large size companies to back away from private networks — concerns centered around where data resides and how safely it can be managed.
Hardware and data sotrage vendors like Cisco, EMC and NetApp see a huge opportunity in providing “private” clouds that allow companies to maintain total control over their data. These vendors are rolling out low-maintenance high-capacity virtualization services that provide capabilities similar to public clouds, but with more safety. Given the option of private clouds and the risk, however small, involved with moving data to a remote location, most large companies will probably opt for the private cloud route.
