News flash: Private cloud economics can offer more cost efficiency than public cloud pricing structures. Private, or on-premises, cloud solutions can be more cost-effective than public cloud options, according to a report by 451 Research and Canonical. That conclusion counters the notion that public cloud platforms traditionally are more cost-efficient than private infrastructures. Half of the enterprise IT decision-makers who participated in the study identified cost as the No. 1 pain point associated with the public cloud.
Interesting post. See also linkedin.com/pulse/one-companys-migration-from-on-premise-cloud-mark-chopping/ which outlines one company's move from hundreds of on-premise commodity servers to public cloud, and explains the pros and cons resulting from that migration.
Getting Clarity on the Private vs. Public Cloud Decision
Posted by: Jack M. Germain November 14, 2018 11:08 AMNews flash: Private cloud economics can offer more cost efficiency than public cloud pricing structures. Private, or on-premises, cloud solutions can be more cost-effective than public cloud options, according to a report by 451 Research and Canonical. That conclusion counters the notion that public cloud platforms traditionally are more cost-efficient than private infrastructures. Half of the enterprise IT decision-makers who participated in the study identified cost as the No. 1 pain point associated with the public cloud.