Pankaj Malviya: Salvation in the Private Cloud - Platforms at your Service.

Cloud Computing Conference - Cloud Slam 2009.
Abstract. Introduction:
With PaaS quickly gaining market traction, the emergence of a “private cloud” has also taken hold. A private cloud essentially supports companies that want to get the advantages of a PaaS solution but still want broad flexibility to host the platform wherever they want, so they can manage the platform internally within their own servers and preferred environment such as Amazon EC3, etc.

Abstract:
The emerging Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) arena is presenting a significant opportunity for both business and IT to focus on quickly innovating and fine-tuning integrated applications that are specific to solving diverse business problems. With PaaS, enterprise IT can build more applications on the same platform, and the economies of scale will take effect to dramatically lowering the costs of all subsequent application initiatives.

As the PaaS arena is rapidly developing, the speaker would like to introduce and further explore the emerging trend of a “private cloud,” which essentially supports the needs of companies that want to get the advantages of a PaaS solution, but still allow the customer to host the platform wherever they want. The extended flexibility provided by a private cloud lets companies manage the PaaS platform internally within the company’s own servers and preferred environment, whether that be Amazon EC3 or another.

For ISVs, this option may be particularly attractive as they most likely do not have the bandwidth to create their own full-blown, multi-tenant platform. The upside for ISVs is that they can create their own applications, quicker and with reduced development costs, and then resell those applications to existing customers or attract new ones.

Attendees will walk away with a better understanding of the following:
- What are the differences between a “Public Cloud” versus “Private Cloud”?
- What is the goal of having a “private cloud”?
- Does an investment in a “private cloud” make sense for your business?
- How to get started with a “private cloud”?
- What are the “gotchas” to be aware of?
- What are the technical considerations related to:
-configuration
-maintenance
-IT admin: own internal security issues & data access controls
- What are the migration path considerations?

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