Are you thinking about altering your cloud strategy this year? More than 90 percent of IT decision-makers plan to significantly alter their usage of cloud solutions during the next 12 to 24 months, according to the 2025 State of Cloud Report from Rackspace Technology.
The report – which is based on a survey of more than 1,400 IT decision-makers – also states that 42 percent of organizations plan to incorporate an element of private cloud into their primary cloud strategy. This aligns with Forrester’s predictions for technology and security in 2025, which forecast a rise in private cloud investment as businesses strive to contain costs and address sovereignty and data security issues.
“Most large enterprises already take a hybrid cloud approach, and they will further invest in private cloud for workloads requiring data storage and processing on-premises for security, privacy, and regulatory compliance (e.g., pretraining and fine-tuning of foundation models, RAG integration, AI agent automation),” the Forrester report states.
If you’re thinking about ramping up your private cloud investment or incorporating this category into your cloud strategy for the first time, it’s wise to be aware of the potential benefits and drawbacks. Here’s everything you should know about this type of cloud solution and the pros and cons of private cloud.
What are private cloud services?
A private cloud involves an environment operated exclusively for a single organization, according to IBM. If you have a private cloud solution, only your business will have access to the resources involved. A private cloud might be hosted on-premises at an organization’s physical location, in an off-site data center, or in a service provider’s data center.
Some organizations handle private cloud operations internally, including management and maintenance. However, IBM explains that it’s more common for businesses to rely on a third-party cloud provider like Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) or IBM Cloud to shoulder some or all of the private cloud management responsibility.
For more information, please visit our page on “Private Cloud vs. Public Cloud vs. Hybrid Cloud” and this blog: “Essential Cloud Computing Terminology: Your Guide to the Cloud Code.”
What are the advantages of private cloud?
Here are some of the top reasons why organizations opt for private cloud services, according to IBM, Spiceworks and Microsoft.
- Greater control
- Increased visibility
- Enhanced security and compliance
- Increased opportunity for customization
- Predictable costs
- Support for legacy application integration and modernization
What are the disadvantages of private cloud?
All IT solutions have possible pitfalls in addition to benefits. Before you invest in private cloud, here are some potential drawbacks to consider, according to IBM, Microsoft and Spiceworks.
- Limited mobile user access due to increased security
- Increased initial capital expenditures (CapEx) related to on-premises infrastructure setup
- Complicated maintenance related to performance monitoring, updates and patching
- Less scalability compared to public cloud solutions due to on-prem resources
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