People are the No. 1 reason why private clouds fail. The traditional IT staff is a tactically driven, deeply technical group of hardware and software problem solvers who aren’t familiar with strategic IT thinking and don’t have time for it. They aren’t accustomed to aligning IT processes with business drivers. They’re more comfortable with explaining why something can’t be done than finding a way to make it happen. And they will be the downfall of your private cloud deployment. To see the full article visit: http://www.networkcomputing.com/private-cloud/240002902.
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