Are Private Clouds Worth It?

Are Private Clouds Worth It?

The Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), sponsored by Cisco, created a recent research study that focuses on the reasons for adopting private cloud computing.  The results were what you might expect, with 52%-62% of respondents reporting that agility, performance and resiliency, and resource optimization topped the list of reasons that enterprises are moving to private clouds.A list of applications that respondents planned to host in the cloud included e-mail, CRM, VDI, custom applications, ERP, accounting, HR, telephony, and even older mainframe-based applications.  The private cloud seems like a convenient approach for most within Global

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  1. Andi Mann

    93.0 days ago

    RT @DavidLinthicum: Are Private Clouds Worth It? http://t.co/EhAAEysa

  2. Mike Kavis

    93.0 days ago

    RT @petercoffee: Per @DavidLinthicum - "confusion and hype within ['private cloud'] space...point of dysfunction" - http://t.co/5pDnkugw



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