期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies
电子版ISSN：0975-9646
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：5
页码：5071-5073
出版社：TechScience Publications
摘要：There’s a reason why the buzz around cloud computing never seems to die down — concrete results are replacing the initial hype. Take for example the tech leader Cisco Systems, whose size and success wasn’t enough to shield its internal IT operations from one of the biggest headaches faced by IT managers everywhere. Citing his company’s own experience and corroborating industry studies, Tony West, Cisco vice president and chief technology officer, points out that approximately 70 percent of IT spending goes to just maintaining the existing datacenter environment. Finding the time and allocating the resources for new initiatives that further the organization’s overall success get the leftovers, to the frustration of IT and enterprise managers alike. But thanks to an ambitious private cloud project that began a couple years ago, Cisco is bucking this budgetary tradition. Reduced managerial overhead and other private cloud benefits have shrunk costs for routine maintenance to less than 50 percent of Cisco’s total IT budget, which represents companywide savings of hundreds of millions of dollars. Along with Cisco, many organizations are benefiting from private clouds. They are discovering that for security and compliance, the private cloud trumps the public cloud every time. What’s more, dollars can be saved. As outlined in a 2011 study by the Aberdeen Group, the private cloud saves a total of 12 percent combined annual costs savings over public clouds on a per-application basis.
关键词：There’s a reason why the buzz around cloud;computing never seems to die down — concrete results are;replacing the initial hype. Take for example the tech leader Cisco;Systems; whose size and success wasn’t enough to shield its;internal IT operations from one of the biggest headaches faced;by IT managers everywhere. Citing his company’s own;experience and corroborating industry studies; Tony West; Cisco;vice president and chief technology officer; points out that;approximately 70 percent of IT spending goes to just;maintaining the existing datacenter environment. Finding the;time and allocating the resources for new initiatives that further;the organization’s overall success get the leftovers; to the;frustration of IT and enterprise managers alike. But thanks to;an ambitious private cloud project that began a couple years;ago; Cisco is bucking this budgetary tradition. Reduced;managerial overhead and other private cloud benefits have;shrunk costs for routine maintenance to less than 50 percent of;Cisco’s total IT budget; which represents companywide savings;of hundreds of millions of dollars. Along with Cisco; many;organizations are benefiting from private clouds. They are;discovering that for security and compliance; the private cloud;trumps the public cloud every time. What’s more; dollars can be;saved. As outlined in a 2011 study by the Aberdeen Group; the;private cloud saves a total of 12 percent combined annual costs;savings over public clouds on a per-application basis.
