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An article by Mary Jander on the internetevolution.com website.
This article discusses private cloud computing, and outlines the challenges associated with such a business model.
The article states, "This point was made by ThinkerNetter Mary Shacklett in a blog last August. Many IT departments may not be ready for private clouds, Mary said, because delivering services on demand to various internal customers requires IT to perform at contracted service levels, as do outside service providers. Private clouds, Mary said, require IT to cast off any semblance of finger-pointing or blame-gaming, either internally or with suppliers. "Silos of technical expertise have to be broken down, so that experts can collaborate and cooperate with each other as they rally behind the successful operations of an individual business service."" A link to the blog post is provided in the article. In addition, other articles on this topic are also referenced, and links are provided to those items.
The author goes on to state, "Even if the term private cloud is applied to things other than offering standardized IT services to enterprise customers at guaranteed service levels, the move is likely to pinch IT. And for some organizations, it could doom the current state of affairs.
Still, most observers note that IT is undergoing unprecedented pressure to produce and perform. So flattening the structure, eliminating silos, and upping the service ante may be changes that help IT to cope with the pressure."
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