Private cloud: get it right and exploit its energy economics

This Computer Weekly Buyers guide gives you  guidance to help you plan and execute your private cloud strategy.

By the end of 2012, more than half of the workloads in datacentres will have been virtualised, providing the foundation for private cloud computing capabilities to cut datacentre costs and increase energy efficiency.

However, TechTarget’s Data Centre Decisions 2011 survey found 57% of UK and European users are not using or considering using private cloud computing over the next 12 months.

So are energy-efficient private cloud datacentres at an industry tipping point, or is it all merely market hype?

 Contents

• How to exploit the energy economics of private cloud 
• How to decide your cloud strategy 
• Tips for getting private cloud right