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Online Tech Clocks Another Record Year of High-growth Success 
Online Tech Tests and Proves the Business Case for Private Cloud Computing |
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How Data Security Changes for Those Hosted in the Private or Public Cloud. Security and resource allocation are the two of the main issues with public cloud computing. You really don’t have any control over who is managing your firewalls, who is managing the resources that your virtual machines are sitting on. If you look at the security offerings with the private cloud, they’re going to be much more geared towards physical server aspects. Whether you have 20 virtual machines or 20 physical machines, the approach to data security is going to be very similar because it really doesn't matter what’s behind it – what is important is making sure that each server is secured the same way as it would be in a physical environment.
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Deploying a Hosted Private Cloud is a popular way for companies to immediately see the benefits of Private Cloud computing while avoiding significant upfront costs of deploying the hardware and software resources in-house. When planning to host your private cloud to an external provider, here are some important precautions to consider: 1. Use dedicated servers and storage. Your cloud vendor should have a documented procedure to transfer your virtual server or applications back to you if you need to bring a workload back in-house, or if you choose to switch your cloud vendor. If your unable easily transfer your workloads out, then you may face stiff switching costs. 2. Adjust your security procedures appropriately. The private cloud vendor should have audited security procedures in place such as SAS70. In many circumstances, the security of the operating system, applications, and other stacks under you control, making a hosted private cloud only as secure as your IT staff make it. If your private cloud vendor does supply patches to the operating system as part of their offering, you should determine how this patching affects your internal application testing, support, and maintenance windows. |
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