It seems that there was some consensus about whether it's all about public or private clouds with proponents at both ends of the spectrum. To paraphrase, it's not really about the hardware any more.
- A purely public cloud is somewhat of a holy grail - a "cloudtopia", to coin a term - and can only occur once all regulatory hurdles, such as privacy concerns, have been overcome. Will this ever happen? No one knows for sure.
- Private cloud seems to be the solution for those organizations and industries that have a low tolerance to risk and prefer to control their environment. How can these organizations relax their governance?
There is no doubt that adoption is gaining momentum (double and triple digit rates for the current leaders); regulatory authorities and industry must now engage each other to further advance the agenda instead of staring at each other and wondering who will blink first.
On private organizations: are they really trying to relax their governance? Or are they looking to make their governance process more efficient, keep their costs down while maintaining their risk tolerance levels?
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested in hearing about anything you've learned along those lines...
I do however agree with you that there will have to be some hybrid model that will be adopted by the majority, however I'm not sure that those private orgs with stringent risk management rules and processes will be so quick to embrace anything that they cannot control.
Thanks Pano.