"Private Cloud Discredited" by Phil Wainewright

Interesting prespective on private clouds bringing to you in 2 parts by the SaaS guru, Mr. Waineright summarize : “In a nutshell, an enterprise that builds a private cloud will spend more, achieve less and increase its risk exposure, while progressing no further along the path towards building a cloud applications infrastructure. It’s a damning indictment of the private cloud model from two top enterprise cloud architects who have practical, hands-on experience that informs what they’re saying. Their message is that private cloud is a diversion and a distraction from the task of embracing cloud computing in the enterprise. It can only make sense as a temporary staging post in the context of a systematically planned transition to public cloud infrastructure.”

I agree with the viewpoint and I think that the private cloud is a tool to support this temporary stage of moving applications and data into the public clouds. Phil is mentioning Adrian Cockcroft’s (The Cloud Architect for Netflix) that talks about the “fear” of the CIO about the “unsecure public cloud”. I personally think this is an excuse and this will slow down a positive evolution, though don’t be suprised if a much faster adoption will hit the current expectations of the analysts (i.e Gartner).

Read more on Zdnet SaaS blog –

Private Cloud Discredited Part 1 ; Private Cloud Discredited Part 2

Ofir Nachmani

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A tech evangelist and entrepreneur, Ofir was an early adopter of cloud and spent a decade as a leading cloud blogger—well before it went mainstream. He held executive roles at top tech companies and has served as an independent analyst for AWS, HP, Oracle, Google, and others. With deep roots in both tech and marketing, Ofir founded IOD to bridge the gap between the two—helping vendors build credibility, scale content, and position themselves as industry influencers.

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