Comparison of Private and Public clouds
So, you’ve decided to move some of your apps to the cloud. The next question that you need to answer is “public or private?”. Each direction has its pros and cons and you’d better look at all possible Performance Indicators before you decide where to lean. Every problem has its solution and every solution has its cost. The term “cost” is usually translated in monetary terms but this is not the whole truth. The “cost” can be compromises that you are willing (or not) to make in terms of security, availability, scalability etc. The “cost” can also be the downside of what today seems inexpensive (for example, the cost of a SaaS application that is quite low to begin with, but requires extensive customization on your existing software to integrate).