Cloud Computing Deployment Models-1: Private Cloud

Cloud Computing or clouds can be used for different purposes by different organizations. Enterprise can host  and employ cloud  depending on its business model. The tendency is cloud deployment is to start from private cloud to provide internal solutions to manage local infrastructure and the amount of requests to ensure availability of highly requested data. This is due to the fact that data centers initiating cloud capabilities made use of these features for internal purposes before consider selling the capabilities publicly. Only recently the provides have gained confidence in publication and exposition of cloud features to outsiders. This movement from private via public to combined solutions is often considered a "natural" evolution of clouds. Here is the first kind of cloud deployment: Private Cloud

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Private clouds are typically owned by the respective enterprise and or leased. Functionalities are not directly exposed to the customer. However, often in some cases services within cloud enhanced features may be offered .