The cloud computing market is abuzz with both public and private cloud vendors battling it out to stay on top and out-do each other. This comprehensive guide incorporates actionable tips from experts to make your private cloud computing journey smooth and speedy. Also, learn from industry perspectives and real business experiences to make your private cloud adoption show results.
- Cloud adoption simplified
- How to evaluate a cloud project
- How to calculate the cost advantages of private cloud
- A quick tutorial on IaaS computing cloud
- Private cloud computing: Pitfalls to avoid
- Know your rights as a customer
- Private cloud computing: Strategic precautions
- Top private cloud approaches you must know
- Five private cloud computing best practices
- Gartner’s checklist on private cloud computing
- How to leverage converged infrastructure for private cloud
- Yes Bank’s private cloud computing agenda
- Private cloud computing to gain priority over public clouds: Report
- Cloud management woes of the Indian CIOs
- Join the debate: IT execs share their views on private cloud computing
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Cloud adoption simplified
Although it’s difficult to find a ‘one size fits all’ approach for private cloud computing, a few fundamentals still hold true. The key to a successful migration is to assess the kind of private cloud computing setup that suits your organization the best. Use these tips to make your company’s migration to private cloud computing hassle-free.
How to evaluate a cloud project
Detailed selection parameters are a need of the hour when it comes to evaluating a private cloud computing project. Irrespective of type of cloud services that a CIO opts for, that is, SaaS or IaaS or PaaS, this five-point reality check recommended by Gartner can help you evaluate your private cloud computing plan before you sign on the dotted line.
How to calculate the cost advantages of private cloud
You know that private cloud computing proves cost effective in the long-run. But how do you explain it to business executives and application owners? You need a simple model that describes the cost and benefit of each environment. So tune up your spreadsheets and refine your business value proposition now, with some help from us.
A quick tutorial on IaaS computing cloud
Infrastructure-as-a-service, which is also known as IaaS, is the most popular type of cloud computing technology in India today. This comprehensive guide on IaaS explains technology fundamentals and business trends and offers tips on building private cloud in the area of IaaS. Get insights into the pros and cons before you invest.
Private cloud computing: Pitfalls to avoid
You are already sold to the idea of building a private computing cloud and have even got internal approvals for your plan. Although building a private cloud assures several benefits, there are a few missteps that IT teams are rarely aware of. Know these mistakes beforehand. Let your private cloud computing project start without any hiccups.
Know your rights as a customer
Thinking of adopting the private cloud computing model? Then you ought to know your rights and establish a set of value propositions first. It is imperative for private cloud computing service users to know about their rights and responsibilities rather than surrendering themselves to the vendor(s). Know about everything ranging from licensing to liabilities to ownership.
Private cloud computing: Strategic precautions
Adopting the private cloud computing model may seem like an attractive idea; but companies must consider a few aspects prior to executing their plans. Learn the steps to follow to make your private cloud computing investment fructify. Get views and tips from experts.
Top private cloud approaches you must know
Although the private cloud computing model is gaining wide-spread acceptance, not many people know whether their environments will include metered usage and on-demand self-service. As enterprise IT departments focus on private cloud computing, our experts offer tips for moving beyond virtualization. Know these best practices to deploy your private computing cloud successfully.
Five private cloud computing best practices
With private cloud computing, CIOs are much closer to achieving their goal of efficient and dynamic IT service delivery capability today than before. Listed here are five methods that one should use to ensure that private cloud computing deployments are error-free and deliver as per the expectations.
Gartner’s checklist on private cloud computing
Private cloud computing is an evolving technology and comes with its risks. Research firm Gartner has identified four areas of risk that CIOs should consider when planning cloud computing deployments. This tip will help CIOs make informed decisions while negotiating and signing contracts with any service provider. Avoid cloud computing risks with this tip.
How to leverage converged infrastructure for private cloud
Converged infrastructure enhances private computing cloud’s capabilities by ending any scalability concerns caused by “white-boxing” of data center infrastructure components. Discover how converged infrastructure can simplify your private cloud deployment and management.
Yes Bank’s private cloud computing agenda
Private cloud computing seems to be the way to go. As part of its IT priorities, Yes Bank intends to invest in private cloud. Find out what the project will cover and how the bank expects to leverage the infrastructure.
Private cloud computing to gain priority over public clouds: Report
The IT research firm Gartner indicates that organizations will opt for and spend more money on private cloud computing than on public cloud through 2012. See how this market evolves as different industries adopt private cloud computing to achieve resource optimization and improve productivity.
Cloud management woes of the Indian CIOs
If you thought migrating to private cloud computing was the hard part, then it’s time to smell the coffee. The ground reality being that the initial setup is only half the battle won, the main struggle is the cloud management part. So what are Indian CIOs’ primary challenges? Get perspectives from your peers across the industries.
Join the debate: IT execs share their views on private cloud computing
The dependability of the private cloud computing is a worry for IT executives; but its firewall protection and pay-per usage model sounds favorable to many. Find out what your peers feel about the evolving model: what works in real life and what does not.
This was first published in August 2011