By Protonet Team. Published 16. January 2016.
For businesses where security is a chief concern, such as those in the financial sector, public cloud storage simply won’t do. They’re required to store client data on privately held servers.
Yet even when that level of data security isn’t required by industry convention or law, companies that choose public cloud storage over private cloud may have concerns over supposed drawbacks of operating a private cloud system that simply aren’t true. Here are a few.
Some businesses are concerned that using a private cloud means more complex layers of security that may prohibit a legitimate user from gaining access, limiting usability, and mobile access.
Without a doubt, your security is tighter with a private cloud, but accessibility isn’t a concern as long as those whom you grant access are responsible with their passwords and log-ins. It’s no different than maintaining a password for your banking account. Educating employees against data breach makes sense across the board.
It’s a gross overgeneralization to suggest that public clouds are always the cheaper option by default. Factors like the amount of memory you use and when you need to purchase new hardware all determine eventual cost. In the end, private cloud is not necessarily more expensive than a public cloud.
Services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Onebox are pretty straightforward to use. But many private cloud systems offer similar interfaces and features, provide tutorials, or are easy enough to use that no tutorial is required. Like Protonet SOUL, many private cloud project collaboration software uses social networking techniques, so they are very straightforward to use.
While scalability issues for private cloud may have been true in the early days of cloud computing, technology has improved. Many private cloud infrastructures can be seamlessly scaled up or down. All you require is a simple hardware upgrade.
With a private cloud, capacity underutilization affects your overhead cost, whereas that cost is your provider’s concern in a public cloud. While this is true, many companies are better managing and maximizing utilization to the point where it becomes a non-issue. Capacity utilization is something that makes sense, regardless of whether or not you adopt a private cloud.
Many of the perceived drawbacks of private clouds are based on outdated beliefs. While there were some legitimate drawbacks in the past, these issues have been addressed so that using a private cloud is now at least on equal footing to a public cloud. Not convinced? Then take a look at Protonet Private Cloud Servers and you’ll have a different perception on how valuable private clouds can be.
