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Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Thomas Bittman of Gartner Research, delivered a powerful presentation this morning at TeamQuest Technology Summit 2012. Bittman's presentation focused on, "Ten Steps to Building Private Clouds."
The presentation started with a level set of what exactly cloud computing is. According to Bittman, cloud computing is a style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service to customers using Internet technologies. Here's a funny cartoon that was used to highlight the varying definitions of cloud computing:
With all new technologies there are concerns. The main concerns highlighted were security/privacy, immaturity, costs, performance, and regulatory compliance. With these concerns, 78% of respondents to a Gartner poll said their organization would be pursuing a private cloud strategy by 2014.
Here are the ten steps to building private clouds: