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Dimension Data 2016 Predictions: Why private cloud is critical and game changing

Virtualization and Cloud executives share their predictions for 2016.  Read them in this 8th Annual VMblog.com series exclusive.

Contributed by Shelley Perry, chief product officer, Cloud Solutions, Dimension Data

Why private cloud is critical and game changing

Some have declared private cloud to be past its prime, making public and hybrid cloud the reigning champions in the cloud race. However, public and hybrid cloud aren't always the best choice. For those who are tasked with the deployment and operation of enterprise-grade non-native cloud applications with stringent security and performance requirements, private cloud is the clear winner.

In fact, the rate of new private cloud offerings with consumptive-based commercial models continues to attract the savviest IT decision makers with a ‘cloud first strategy'. The new private cloud models are accelerating the migration of non-native, critical enterprise-grade applications to the cloud while also providing the added benefit of making the IT department the enterprise's service provider of choice.

Private clouds enable IT departments to optimize infrastructure costs and performance for specific types of applications that had previously been dismissed as cloud targets. Additionally, private clouds empower an IT department to improve overall service levels through customized extensions unique to the users and applications that will be operated in the private cloud service. It also increases infrastructure agility specific to certain workload characteristics that cannot be obtained in hyperscale environments and, most importantly, offers a higher level of security options. All of this with consumptive-based commercial models - private cloud is the clear winner.  

Another hidden benefit of the private cloud is secure enterprise IT metadata as this information will drive the adoption of hybrid management platforms and services.

Hybrid management requires successful metadata management, which results in greater automation and efficiencies. This enterprise IT metadata is used to manage governance, enforce policies and drive automation, but faces the risk of increasingly becoming the target of cyber attacks. The enterprise IT metadata will grow at an accelerated pace due to the increase in virtualized offerings that support higher levels of configuration and will need a robust cloud infrastructure to support its growth and unlock more efficiencies for the new enterprise IT landscape. This will take cloud adoption to the next level. 

The IT director's ability to implement a private cloud that is easy for the enterprise to consume, easy to turn up, customizable for specific workload types and allows the business to grow as the application workloads scale while keeping costs in line is innovative. But the addition of hybrid management with metadata that links on demand to a secure network to update policy and automation rules across the new enterprise IT landscape will be revolutionary.

Private cloud will spawn the adoption of a hybrid management that connects both private and public deployments under a single enterprise view, in a secure manner. Having a provider that can help take the enterprise on this difficult transformation from an on-premise environment to a world where applications can be deployed either in a public cloud and or a private cloud, and be able to securely connect the environments and migrate from one to the other is going to be imperative for enterprises. The complex management of these environments, as well as providing visibility and higher levels of automation to manage workloads and increase efficiencies or speed to market, will increase the use and adoption of private cloud models. In essence, the private cloud remains a vital part of the IT infrastructure.

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About the Author

Shelley Perry is the chief product officer for Cloud Solutions at Dimension Data where she is responsible for product strategy and management for the Cloud Business Unit. With her extensive 20-year technical career in engineering, R&D and product management, Shelley has a passion for designing and developing ground-breaking solutions that deliver real value for businesses. Shelley identifies speed to market, rapid scalability and agility as the three key elements of cloud computing having the biggest transformational impact on businesses today.

Published Thursday, December 03, 2015 9:02 AM by David Marshall
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