3 Reasons Why Public Cloud Customers Are Rediscovering Private Cloud
Historically, the growth of the public cloud market has outstripped that of the private or hybrid cloud. Users flocked to public cloud resources so that they could scale up and scale down resources as needed, without huge capital expenses. Today, these early adopters of public cloud are encountering a new challenge: large public cloud footprints and escalating bills. As a result, they are taking another look at private (and hybrid) cloud offerings. Read more about why your organization might want to take another look at private cloud and the benefits it affords.
1. It saves money. Recent research found that, despite those who tout public cloud’s commodity status, organizations can save up to 50% when transitioning larger workloads to a private cloud. “People tend to adopt public cloud when they have workloads that are unpredictable,” says Bill Fine, vice president of product at Joyent, a cloud infrastructure-as-a-service provider. “But if you can predict the size of your applications and data, it’s cheaper to run in a private cloud.”
2. There’s more control over data. Lack of portability of large data sets presents a big problem for IT. It’s easy to get them into a cloud, but getting them out is often another story. The cost to extract your data from a public cloud can easily run into the millions. More important: It can take days, months, and even years to complete a digital transfer.
3. Private cloud helps organizations differentiate. Most people agree: Cloud computing—public cloud in particular—breaks down barriers, creating democratization in the business world. Public cloud gives startups the ability to compete with Fortune 100 companies and makes it easier for anyone to use applications that were once out of reach, such as analytics and artificial intelligence. While this is great for the so-called little guys and laggards, it doesn’t help leading forward-thinking companies that want to use cloud to find an edge.
While many organizations desire the cost, control, and competitive differentiation that a private cloud can deliver, they don’t want to give up the flexibility and simplicity of public cloud. Joyent solves this problem with a new Private Regions offering that blends the best of public and private cloud technologies. “Over the past year, we’ve been working with some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated cloud users to develop a next generation cloud,” explains Joyent CEO Scott Hammond. “The result is Triton Private Regions, a revolutionary leap that is a true game changer for companies eager to find new ways to compete in their markets.”
