by John T. Connelly, BusinessReviewCanada
3. Hybrid to Private Cloud
Much like companies are starting to take ownership of cloud computing applications in terms of design, creation and deployment, companies are starting to optimize overall cloud computing operations based on internal priorities. Large companies, such as Canadian Tire, with expendable capital will see the benefit of using external or public clouds for customer relationship management because of the open source capabilities. Those same companies, however, will embrace an internal cloud to protect sensitive information and proprietary data. The hybrid cloud will be particularly popular among retailers.
Many executives will abandon any cloud susceptible to external tampering and adopt a purely private cloud. While not as cost effective as completely outsourcing cloud management—a sophisticated IT team will be necessary—to ensure operations. As Amazon and Google offset costs through the pay-as-you-go model, companies operating private clouds and that have sophisticated teams could rent out their services and datacenters. Companies like Ubuntu and Rackspace provide software for companies to create internal clouds.
Tags: cloud, computing, IT, outsourcing