Private clouds are in the news for good reason. The elements needed to build a private cloud are now well-proven. Plenty of users can share their experiences. Components are mature. And, enterprise cloud services such as Bluelock now provide the complementary half of the private cloud — public cloud services for on-demand capacity.
But the path to a private cloud raises a fundamental question: open solutions or closed? Is it better to buy from a single-vendor (or in a pre-packaged “block”) solution , or to create a configuration from the components of your choice?
Join this webinar (Tuesday, May 10, 10AM Pacific) to learn what your options are and what factors you should consider when making your private cloud decisions.
The question — open-solutions vs. single-vendor — is not new. In the early days of computing, ALL solutions were single-vendor. It worked OK, but did not always provide the most efficient solution. New companies (including EMC and Cisco) got their start by delivering a better answer.
The private cloud presents the same question again as single vendors (and consortiums that act like single vendors) offer their packaged offerings.
In this webcast we will look at the objectives of the private cloud (both short and long term), the technologies needed to create the cloud, and case studies. We’ll de-mystify the meanings and provide discussion points you can use to both justify a private cloud architecture and plan your path to getting there.