IT Execs Increasingly Confident in the Private Cloud

"Is a better understanding of private cloud services enough to spur user adoption? Maybe, according to a benchmark survey of IT executives taken at Platform Computing's International Supercomputing Conference last June. Although demand for such services clocked in at the same figure as the year before –28 percent – the executives polled by the London-based cluster, grid and cloud management software vendor indicated a different set of primary reasons to initiate deployments. This in turn may be a sign not only of growing awareness for private clouds, but also a deeper understanding of their benefits and pitfalls that could ultimately spur adoption, as well as greater customer satisfaction." Read the rest at Phone+.