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Contributed article by Jordan Jacobs, VP of Products at SingleHop
Private Cloud Takes Center Stage – Predictions for 2015
It's that time of the
year again. Everything is holiday themed, temperatures are low and clouds
pervade to signal winter storms. And in the spirit of this year's end, it's
time to make predictions for the year to come.
The cloud industry is
long past the disruptor stage and has now steadied itself as a standard for
industries across the globe. But, while giants like Amazon and Microsoft duke
it out to sit atop the public cloud throne, its important to note the boom of
the private cloud. Enterprises and vendors will be hard pressed to ignore the
growing importance and interest of private cloud solutions. So what can we
expect for 2015?
1.
Enterprise
buying patterns will change:
Enterprises are always on the look out for the
next solution that will elevate their business with timeliness and efficiency
always top of mind. Businesses do not and will not have the time to wait
for legacy enterprise vendors which will take weeks to have a conversation and
ultimately deploy. This business agility was the main reason for the push to
cloud in the first place. On Demand Private cloud options
will satiate the need with a faster time to market, a superior blend of
features and better economics than traditional infrastructure options.
2. People
will realize that private clouds have better economics than public clouds:
As I mentioned above,
the better economics of the cloud will be a larger point of interest as
enterprises continue to launch cloud-based solutions. Even a year ago, an Oracle-sponsored Unisphere survey reached the conclusion that although executives
favored private cloud for the sake of security, private cloud was also seen a
more cost-effective option over the long term, particularly through
consolidation. All of this while not losing step in flexibility, control and
overall standard compliance.
3. The
private cloud market will grow faster than even the public cloud market
If both of my previous predictions ring true, the
last will come as no surprise. With rising concerns around security in light of
the onslaught of recent attacks and breaches hitting everyone from retailers to
government entities, and the need for more rigid compliance for PCI and HIPAA
standards, it makes even more sense for enterprises and businesses as a whole
to consider private cloud options. Furthermore, making the switch from public
to private it won't be an obstacle in price or efficiency, but an actual benefit
to the business, as they gain customizability, segmentation and the option for
hybridization in their infrastructure.
The time of the private cloud is here and it will
be left to see how far it will go beyond the public offerings we have today.
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About the Author
Jordan Jacobs brings more than a decade of business strategy and product
development experience in the cloud, hosting, and managed services
market to SingleHop. As VP of Products, Jordan will oversee the entire
SingleHop product lifecycle through all phases, from conceptualization
to market.
Jordan is extremely technical with practical
business aptitude derived from professional experiences spanning from
cloud architecture and design, to datacenter engineering. He leverages
these skills combined with his adept sales experience to gain a deep
understanding of client problems and in in turn designs well thought out
and executed products and solutions.