Private cloud: the online safe that keeps all your secrets!

Are you a CIO looking for a solution that securely collects your data while respecting your privacy? It's possible, and what's more, it's not very complicated to set up! 🤩

Private cloud, or Cloud Computing, is the remote use of storage capacity or computing power, via computer servers, over the internet, the main network. Cloud means outsourcing, data security and budget optimization. And yes, the good news is that outsourcing can save you up to 25%!

We explain it all in this guide 👉

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The private cloud, cloud computing for business

Definition

With cloud computing, or more precisely Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), your company can deploy its data in the storage space of a dedicated server, but also cloud solutions in SaaS mode, web hosting, etc.

There is a wide range of cloud offerings, especially private and hybrid clouds. In-house virtualized storage solutions are more attractive, as the use of a remote dedicated server stored in an external datacenter raises the question of data security.

The advantages of private clouds

This is why cloud computing is today THE outsourcing technique favored by IT Departments over traditional deployments. The main advantage of private cloud services is data security. Public clouds store sensitive corporate data on a server in an outsourced, shared datacenter.

Whether you choose cloud housing or hosting, your computer data travels outside your company, and cloud storage space is shared with other users.

The private cloud is better suited to businesses, such as the retail sector, which manage large amounts of customer data. It combines the advantages of the cloud with the drawbacks of public services.

By benefiting from a unified IT system, you can :

• rationalize your costs,
• boost your performance,
• gain agility and scalability, thanks to a cloud that enables collaborative management and access anywhere, on any medium,
• guarantee the confidentiality of your data.

Public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud: we explain the differences

A private cloud is made up of dedicated, proprietary computing resources. Hosting and management are provided by a single company. What makes a cloud private comes from the fact that the underlying hardware layer is separate from any other client infrastructure.

Example of a private cloud:

• AWS (Amazon Web Services),
• Microsoft Azure,
• IBM, etc.

In contrast, a public cloud is owned and managed by a provider, who also hosts other tenants.

Example of a public cloud:

💡 Please note: Companies can combine a private cloud with a public cloud in a hybrid or multicloud cloud environment.

Understanding the importance of outsourcing for a powerful cloud

The distinction should be clear in your mind when comparing offers: outsourcing is a service in its own right, enabling you to make the most of your cloud. Because when we talk about the cloud, we're talking about a "bare" IT infrastructure (like a server).

In order to operate, this infrastructure needs to be managed. The outsourcing mission consists of managing the infrastructure's information system (IS), as well as ensuring the optimal operation of associated IT services, such as :

• IT supervision,
• security
• backups,
• fault tolerance,
• adjustment of resources according to needs,
• updates, etc.

By outsourcing your facilities management, you can save up to 25%! 😎

A company mandates a specialist to carry out this service, in order to reduce its costs.

Simplify setting up and/or managing a private cloud with specialized software

If you don't have the time to set up your own private cloud, you might as well use specialized software to provide you with an operational and secure private cloud.

🛠️ Cloud Pilot Systems, a recognized French expert in the market, offers you a range of management solutions for virtually private clouds.

• configure your virtual machine (VM), customize a private cloud according to your needs,
• control your budget with outsourcing included in the price,
• manage your costs according to your consumption (bandwidth, RAM, CPU, storage, etc.) thanks to elastic pricing.

A professional player such as Cloud Pilot Systems can :

• provide complete, controlled outsourcing: backup, supervision, security updates (to combat data loss), performance analysis,
• implement redundant solutions with load balancing and/or fault tolerance, or organize your web application deployment, taking care of integration on demand.

At the same time, the security of your data also depends on the backup of your private cloud. That's why you can also rely on software such as BeBackup, a simple and transparent automatic backup tool for IT resellers. Thanks to its many features, you're free to :

• back up your own devices, as well as your customers' computers and servers, by choosing where to host your backups,
• block your data in the event of server theft or hacking,
• host your backups on your own servers,
• access an administration console to control your backups.

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In a nutshell

Digital transformation has become indispensable, even when it comes to IT infrastructure. Deployed web services and the IoT (Internet of Things) are driving more agile business management.

By gaining in flexibility, they achieve higher performance. Outsourcing through the use of a private cloud seems to be one of the essential SaaS solutions for controlling their sensitive information.

The use of the cloud in open cloud or in-house is scalable, and transforms employee practices, such as file sharing. The interconnection and mutualization of IT services thanks to cloud hosting are the hallmarks of the most resilient companies.