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

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

The 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 computing means outsourcing, data security and budget optimisation. 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 businesses

Definition

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

There are many different cloud offerings, especially private and hybrid clouds. In-house virtualised storage solutions are more attractive, because the use of a remote dedicated server stored in an external datacentre raises the issue of data security.

The advantages of the private Cloud

This is why cloud computing is now THE outsourcing technique of choice for IT Departments, rather than traditional deployments. The main advantage of private cloud services is data security. The public cloud stores sensitive company data on a server in an outsourced, shared data centre.

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

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

By benefiting from a unified IT system, you can :

• rationalise your costs
• boost your performance tenfold
• be more agile and scalable, thanks to a cloud that lets you manage your data collaboratively and access it from anywhere, on any device,
• 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 is 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 you compare offers: outsourcing is a service in its own right that allows 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 be used, 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 the associated IT services, such as :

• IT supervision
• security
• back-ups
• fault tolerance,
• adjusting resources according to needs,
• updates, etc.

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

A company can therefore commission a specialist to provide this service, in order to reduce its costs.

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

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

🛠️ Cloud Pilot Systems, a recognised French expert in the market, offers you management packages for a virtually private cloud.

• configure your virtual machine (VM), customise a private Cloud according to your expectations,
• 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 in particular :

• provide complete, controlled facilities management: backup, supervision, security updates (to prevent data loss), performance analysis,
• set up redundant solutions with load balancing and/or fault tolerance, or organise your web application deployment, taking care of integration on request.

At the same time, the security of your data also depends on the backup of your private Cloud. That's why you can also use software like BeBackup, a simple and transparent automatic backup tool for IT resellers. Thanks to its many features, you are 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 essential, even when it comes to IT infrastructure. Deployed web services and the IoT (Internet of Things) are leading to more agile business management.

By becoming more flexible, they can 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 the open cloud or in-house is scalable, and transforms employee practices, such as file sharing. The interconnection and pooling of IT services through cloud hosting are the hallmarks of the most resilient companies.