Arthur Cole: Tracking the Elusive Private Cloud

Technology experts may argue over the relative merits of the private cloud versus the public cloud, but the fact is that even moderately sized enterprises are bent on turning their static data architectures into flexible, service-oriented ones.

The question remains, though: Will you know a private cloud when you see one?

To those whose job it is to develop cloud services for both internal and external infrastructures, private clouds are a piece of cake. LogicWorks’ Keith Pollow has devised the following definition:

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