tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841377362287564604.post245281880833983865..comments2023-05-18T04:50:43.180-07:00Comments on Dortch on SaaS & Cloud Computing: The Blog!: Private Clouds? Can They Exist? Are They Necessary?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15106021866000658312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841377362287564604.post-66707883136008969342010-12-02T12:49:49.300-08:002010-12-02T12:49:49.300-08:00If it were merely a question of naming, I'd ha...If it were merely a question of naming, I'd have no problem with people calling their data center whatever they please. My concern is that people will think that "private" (an attractive adjective) modifies "cloud" (an attractive noun) to produce something better, when the fact is that building a new data center is...building a new data center, no matter how well managed it may be. If forklifts and shovels are involved, with or without a garnish of virtualization, then there will still be capital budgeting limitations and delays; there will still be merely incremental economies of scale, compared to true cloud services that radically accelerate business initiatives and hugely reduce IT operating costs.Peter Coffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450267252076701124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841377362287564604.post-14823018713700102682010-12-02T12:07:46.241-08:002010-12-02T12:07:46.241-08:00The Public vs Private cloud debate is a lot like t...The Public vs Private cloud debate is a lot like the "marriage" vs "civil union" debate (you thought THAT debate was heated?). Personally, I have no problem with a global firm deciding to implement a private deployment system that looks like a cloud with one tenant, and calling it a cloud or a monkey - I think that naming argument detracts from the debate. I sat in on a panel session this week where an audience member indignantly said it couldn't be a cloud if services were not provisioned and priced "by the drink". OK, I didn't know that he owned the word "cloud" like Facebook apparently owns the word Face.<br /><br />To me, this has always been an abstraction vs binding issue - the cloud (with its least restrictive definition) allows high abstraction and late binding, which provides the user with more flexibility and potentially lower pricing. <br /><br />If people get religious about the "public" requirement to use the name "cloud" I don't think it really helps. Personally, I think 99.999% of the cloud apps will be in public clouds, but saying that you can't have a private cloud sounds like saying you can't have an intranet. Let's focus on where we agree, and just have a different name for the other stuff.ajbowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05559754647901270069noreply@blogger.com