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What is this public cloud and private cloud thing?

Gartner defines public cloud computing as a style of computing in which scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service to external customers using Internet technologies. Private cloud computing is defined as a style of computing in which scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service to internal customers using Internet technologies.

LC9 is leading the way for enterprises and small companies alike to harness the advantages of Cloud computing. Our team is comprised of highly skilled, experienced professionals dedicated and totally focused on establishing and maintaining leadership in this emerging expanse.

Building your own private cloud? LC9 can assist with the many challenges including:

• Budget. Private clouds can be expensive, so you need to do your due diligence and figure out what the upper and lower bounds for your ROI will be.
• Integrating with public clouds. Build your private cloud so that you can move to a hybrid model if public cloud services are required. This involves many factors, including security and making sure you can run your workloads in both places.
• Scaling. Private cloud computing services usually don't have the economies of scale that large public cloud providers provide.
• Reconfiguring on the fly. You may have to tear down servers and other infrastructure as it is working to move it into the private cloud. This could create huge problems.
• Legacy hardware. Leave your oldest servers behind -- you should not try to repurpose any servers that require manual configuration with a private cloud, since it would be impossible to apply automation/orchestration management to these older machines.
• Technology obsolescence. The complexity and speed of technology change will be hard for any IT organization to handle, especially the smaller ones. Once you make an investment in a private-cloud technology stack, you need to protect that investment and make sure you stay up to date with new releases of software components.
• Fear of change. Your IT team may not be familiar with private clouds, and there will be a learning curve. There may also be new operational processes and old processes that need to be reworked. Turn this into a growth opportunity for your people -- the stress of doing and learning all this may be mitigated by helping your folks keep in mind that these are important new skills in today's business environment.