Clipper Notes: Moving to a Private Cloud? Infrastructure Really Matters!

It is easy to see why The Cloud is a near-perfect metaphor for consuming, providing, and managing virtual resources ("VRs"). Unfortunately, providing and managing VRs is not without challenges and, sooner or later, virtual resources have to be mapped into real infrastructure- one in which physical assets need to be managed and optimized.

This report discusses data centre infrastructure concerns, the characteristics of "good" cloud infrastructure and the type of cloud environment best suites your enterprise.