tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864015076802946059.post9057171875857512268..comments2024-03-28T05:58:31.843-04:00Comments on Cloud Musings: Private Clouds Kevin L. Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780883395083217354noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864015076802946059.post-63703109097429720782008-11-10T12:39:00.000-05:002008-11-10T12:39:00.000-05:00I agree with Chris' observations, that "internal" ...I agree with Chris' observations, that "internal" or "private" clouds will begin to take shape. Too many enterprises will *never* outsource their data to a cloud or elsewhere... but they all want the economics and scalability of a cloud.<BR/><BR/>Companies like Cassatt and others have technologies that take physical <I>and</I> virtual resources and make them behave like a cloud... this is sometimes referred to as Utility Computing (really IaaS). It won't be long before you should be able to get Amazon-like EC2 environments within your own firewall.Ken Oestreichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530514227192850735noreply@blogger.com