Cruise in the Cloud – The Shift from Public to Private Cloud

It is no longer a secret that all enterprises have unique and individual business requirements. IT solutions and systems that work for a certain business might not really be good for another. This very reality is the very reason why more and more businesses are making the switch from public to private cloud.

The companies that decide to go for this kind of shift usually do so due to security purposes. A company usually has very little control as to where their data is or how secure it could be. It is a very serious concern for companies which deal with sensate data like financial and medical records. For instance, because of the HIPAA Act, there is a possibility for medical caregivers to face big fines when the data has gone through processing using non-HIPAA compliant machines. The public clouds are not that compliant, not to mention that they also lack enough safeguards required for protecting the data.

One more problem with public cloud is about real time processing. The major providers of cloud services have regional data centers complete with big internet uplinks all over the world. Every time you create the cloud images, you pick the data center where you like them to be hosted in. In the event that your location is too far away from one of these data centers, there is a bi chance that you are also at a far distance from the data center for hosting your private cloud that has enough internet speed to achieve what you need. When it comes to real time processing, there could be some serious time lags which could cost a company thousands or even millions of dollars. Although it is very possible to design the public cloud for accounting for such latency problems, it calls for deep knowledge regarding your public cloud tooling. It is specifically applicable with financial institutions.

Also a very real concern among public cloud consumers involves the control of the most sensitive data of their businesses. The use of public cloud resources might arm your rivals with data. When you store pertinent data in public cloud, this cloud will have a good view on how you are running your business, and this very knowledge might be possibly used against your business in the near future.

Although public clouds initially provide a low cost solution, after some time, this choice could become more expensive. You can consider it as renting or owning a house. if you are after a short term solution, renting space will be easier and more budget-friendly. However, if you are going to expand your wealth and family, then, the rent will soon become more expensive compared to a mortgage. If you scale with public cloud environment, the migration can get slow and scaling could get expensive.

Finally, there is the concern of culpability. If there is a problem with public cloud, there is a chance that you will not be getting a timely response. If you go for a private cloud, you can just get in touch with your employees or the provider maintaining your cloud to make sure that the issue is being resolved.

For more information please see this Private Cloud Security