Private cloud adopters face challenges, seek benefits

It should come as no surprise that businesses are increasingly implementing cloud computing. Several enterprises have embraced private clouds in an effort to increase their data’s security. According to Bill Claybrook of Computerworld, companies that seek to use private clouds face their share of challenges.

“There are management issues and operational processes to figure out,” wrote Claybrook. “And, of course, an on-premise private cloud needs to be built internally by IT, which takes time, money and a climb up the learning curve.”

According to Claybrook, companies seeking to create their own clouds need to make sure their staffs have the necessary experience and skills needed to run a private cloud environment. If not, companies need to hire someone with private cloud experience.

IT managers tend to equate private clouds with virtualization, which Claybrook says is a mistake. “To be considered a cloud, the architecture must be set up to provide resource orchestration and automation on top of the virtualization layer.”

Claybrook said companies unable to develop private clouds will likely turn to public clouds

According to a recent study by Forrester Research, 5 percent of corporate IT shops are prepared to offer private cloud services.