Comments on: Virtual Private Clouds

By: Michael Bromley

Michael Bromley — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:25:37 +0000

Fair point Ryan and I think some larger enterprises will retain some IT staff. However, customisation isn’t really done by internal IT staff these days. With applications, storage, hosting, data, and other serviecs being outsourced to the cloud it makes sense that customisation would be outsourced as well. Most companies already use SI’s or other consultants to make modifications to their applications. Having those apps in the cloud woudn’t hinder that in any way. In fact, web access to source code makes remote customisation relatively easy and a lot cheaper than co-locating a bunch of consultants on site.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:21:16 +0000

Following on from Tim, I wonder about the customisation potential of cloud-based software. We all know the business realities of large corporations, being that they typically need to modify existing software (proprietary or otherwise) to meet their specific, peculiar needs. Perhaps that would necessitate the retention of at least some internal IT staff to work on the software in the cloud, in tandem with the external provider?

By: michaelbromley1

michaelbromley1 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:07:26 +0000

Exactly, you hear a lot about the hybrid soluton but you don’t hear much about the Virtual Private Cloud scenario yet. I suspect that will start to change soon as more companies adopt cloud strategies.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:44:55 +0000

Michael - its like you were reading my mind! This seems the inevitable outcome for a number of businesses, balancing the benefits of the Internet and retaining the security of a private network. Businesses might also choose to take a combination of services from either the public or (virtual) private clouds depending on the particular customisation, security and control requirements for each application or set of users.