Everyone talks about cloud and a lot of people are rushing to the public cloud, in part because cloud providers make it so easy to spin up resources and get started.

But you can build a private cloud and have the same benefits–ease of use, self-service, and accountability–within your own data center.

On today’s Datanauts podcast, we break down what it takes to build out a private cloud on your premises.

Our guest is Rita Younger, National Practice Lead SDDC / SDN and Technical Innovation Group at CDW. You can find her on Twitter as @SDN_GIRL.

Our three-part show covers the following:

Part 1: Changes To Physical Infrastructure

* Why you need to understand traffic flows

* The importance of network analytics

* Three-tier vs. leaf-spine architectures

* How hyperconverged affects infrastructure

Part 2: Private Cloud Benefits

* What are the characteristics of a private cloud: orchestration, automation, APIs?

* Dealing with operational complexity

* Intent-based networking

* Whether applications need to be changed to run in an elastic environment

Part 3: Breaking Down the Silos

* How does cloud reorganize traditional IT roles?

* Why cross-silo collaboration is essential

* Who’s responsible for automation and orchestration?

* How to do analytics right

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Show Notes:

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Rita Younger’s Blog On CDW