The Best Way to Reap the Benefits of Private Cloud
Public cloud usage continues to grow, but savvy organizations are taking a more strategic approach. Instead of automatically moving workloads to the cloud, they’re identifying the best platform for each application and service based on cost, performance, security, and other factors. In many cases, they’re finding that a private cloud is the better approach.
In particular, generative AI adoption is driving renewed interest in private cloud. Gen AI requires access to data, including highly sensitive information. Many organizations are justifiably concerned about data leaks, particularly if they’re in highly regulated industries such as healthcare and finance. Organizations are also looking for ways to keep a lid on escalating public cloud costs.
Private cloud offers all the benefits of public cloud, including flexibility, scalability and on-demand self-service. At the same time, private cloud offers greater control over systems and data. A private cloud is a single-tenant platform with dedicated resources that aren’t shared with other organizations. It enables organizations to improve performance and enhance data security and privacy in a fixed-cost model that eliminates invoice shock.
Achieve Security, Compliance, and Performance Through Private Cloud
Access to private cloud resources is limited to individuals within the organization who have been granted the necessary permissions. While it has the same security risks associated with public cloud, a private cloud offers “security by obscurity” because few people know it’s there. There is less chance that a third party could gain unauthorized access to sensitive data.
As such, private cloud aids in regulatory compliance. Organizations can customize the private cloud environment to meet their specific security compliance requirements and demonstrate the measures they’ve taken to protect sensitive data. Because the private cloud owner has control over where data is stored, it’s easier to meet data sovereignty and governance requirements.
Private cloud can offer faster and more predictable performance than public cloud, which is particularly valuable for AI workloads. Organizations aren’t sharing resources and bandwidth, and don’t have to grapple with the latency associated with moving data to and from the public cloud.
Achieve a Modern IT Environment at Your Organization
There are other benefits as well. Private cloud offers a streamlined approach to modernizing legacy applications. Organizations can deploy and configure hardware and software to suit their needs rather than rely on the provider’s choices. Because the private cloud is customized according to the needs of their workloads and data, transitioning applications to the cloud is smoother and more secure. IT teams gain greater visibility into applications, data, access and security when workloads are running behind the organization’s firewall. Virtualized resources can be scaled and provisioned easily to meet organizational needs while reducing spending on new infrastructure.
A private cloud offers the flexibility of public cloud with enhanced security, control, and predictable performance—ideal for sensitive workloads like AI and regulated industries.
Most organizations utilize private cloud in a hybrid cloud environment that integrates public and private cloud resources. This enables them to keep sensitive data in the private cloud while utilizing the public cloud for less-critical workloads.
Private cloud also facilitates edge computing. In order to achieve a modern IT environment, many organizations are moving tech resources closer to users and devices for reduced latency and greater security. A private cloud can be deployed at the network edge to store and process data captured by IoT devices.
The Virtual Private Cloud Option
Many organizations hesitate to adopt a private cloud because they think it’s expensive and difficult to implement. While private cloud has a greater upfront cost than public cloud, it eliminates the monthly fees of a subscription service. In addition, private cloud technology has matured to the point that it’s relatively easy to deploy and manage.
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Contact Us >Another option is virtual private cloud hosting, which is hosted in an isolated environment within a service provider’s data center. Virtual private cloud hosting offers the benefits of private cloud without the need to purchase, implement, and maintain equipment onsite. Those looking to achieve a modern IT environment often decide to bundle managed security services with their hosted private cloud, relieving in-house IT staff of ongoing administrative tasks.
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GDS offers a fully managed virtual private cloud service that allows you to utilize a single-tenant cloud in an opex model. Our private cloud is hosted in our world-class data centers, with the security and redundancy to meet the most stringent regulatory requirements. Our around-the-clock monitoring and proactive maintenance also help ensure the highest levels of availability, security, and performance.
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