Looking to migrate to a private cloud?

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You may have noticed our recent poll on cloud use in 2011, which found that almost 2/3 of all organizations are planning some kind of cloud investment this year. Nearly 30% said they would be investing in the private cloud specifically. If you happen to fall in with this percentage, then you're in luck. The Ipswitch Network Management Division has been hard at work, documenting the steps and best practices for implementing and managing a private cloud. But sometimes the decision to move to the cloud isn't easy.

Before committing to an investment such as this, it is important to know what makes it advantageous. A private cloud offers:

• Improved hardware optimization
• Reduced support costs with self-service management
• Reduced capital expenditures
• Reduced time to deploy applications and services

You may also want to consider potential drawbacks and what might not make a private cloud the right option for you. It is usually an efficient and cost-effective way of utilizing IT resources when the following conditions are met:

• The cloud provider has standardized hardware
• The cloud provider has standardized OS and application stacks
• Sufficient networking infrastructure is in place to support cloud computing
• Management tools, such as server and network monitoring, are in place
• The distribution of jobs lends themselves to distributed computing platforms

If you do decide the private cloud is a good fit for your network, there are still more steps that need to be taken before implementations. To determine your current state of readiness for the cloud you must first assess your existing infrastructure, resource utilization levels, policies and procedures governing IT operations, and reporting and cost allocation procedures.

Ready to begin the migration to a private cloud? Read our white paper on deploying and managing private cloud here.

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