Why Private Clouds Make Sense for IT

Posted by on Feb 17, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

My colleague George V. Hulme has a post today over on Cloud Commons with the amusing title, Private Cloud Haters – The Game is on Like Donkey Kong. While the title may be fun, the subject matter is very serious and private clouds actually make a lot of sense — just as much as public ones do — and for similar reasons. In his post, Hulme waxed about why there are so many cloud haters, then described the way game maker Zynga mixes the private and public cloud. “Zynga’s goal, as stated in GigaOM was to launch new games into the public cloud, where workloads may be spiky...

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2012 Trends: IT as the New Cost Center

Posted by on Dec 7, 2011 in Blog | 1 comment

As we approach the end of the year, it seems appropriate to look at some of the trends that are like to affect IT Ops pros in the coming year. It’s important to note that as we review these potential trends, I do understand that just because the trends are out there, most IT shops tend to move slower than vendors, or journalists for that matter, but it’s useful to understand the impact that some of these trends might have on you in the future — even if your organization isn’t there yet. ___ For a long time, IT has been the financial black hole of most organizations....

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Monitoring Tools Can Help Compile Chargeback Stats

Posted by on Oct 14, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments

As more companies turn to private clouds, inherent in such a system is the ability to charge users for the resources they use. In some instances, that could be hardware resources, while in others it could be a set of software services, but regardless of what you choose to dole out, if you’re charging for services, you need a way to compile usage statistics, and that’s where monitoring tools could come into play. The way an internal or private cloud tends to work is that your company sets up a portal or web page where users can go to as a central place for generic IT services....

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