When we think of computer resources in the cloud, we usually think of public clouds with infrastructure that is shared by many clients through the internet. Cloud computing has proven to be a solution, however, with security and availability issues still unresolved, more and more companies are choosing a private cloud.
Some organizations can't take advantage of public clouds because of security or regulatory concerns. A private cloud resides within the company environment and has restricted access, usually to company employees or business partners. In effect, the organization’s IT department acts as the service provider for internal customers. This option is inviting to companies that want more control over their infrastructure and have more trust and confidence in their internal IT departments than an outside entity.
What Does it Mean?
A private cloud takes the idea of a dynamic datacenter to the next level. In a dynamic datacenter, virtualization is used to separate hardware considerations from IT workloads. The infrastructure that has been apportioned to different departments or locations can be combined into one virtualized pool of resources – infrastructure that IT can offer as a service anywhere in the organization.
What are the Benefits?
- Cloud computing can lower costs. By merging all of the computing resources and therefore optimizing the use of the sum of those resources, better efficiency and utilization of the entire shared infrastructure is delivered.
- By isolating cloud resources, private clouds ensure the security and availability of important information.
- A private cloud platform is scalable-you can quickly create a customized server by adding memory or storage as you need it.
- No more downtime-if one server crashes, the data on that server is automatically transferred to another. You can design your own environments with as much redundancy as is required.
Cloud computing provides some strong benefits. Contact us to unleash the unlimited power of the cloud so you can get your job done!
