Today’s Priority Queue looks at the real state of private cloud. While public cloud gets the most media attention, and some analyst firms argue that private cloud doesn’t make sense for most companies, it’s a myth that there’s only one way to ‘do cloud.’

Our guest today is Greg Knieriemen, Technology Strategist and Evangelizer at Hitachi Data Systems and co-host of the Speaking in Tech podcast.

Greg and the Packet Pushers talk about the different business cases for public and private cloud, how cloud adoption is both an IT and a company culture issue, and what digital transformation actually means.

They also discuss research about the growth of private cloud and how private cloud is valued by companies compared to public options.

It’s an episode full of unicorn riding and impassioned debate.

Links:

The REAL State of Cloud – Greg Knieriemen’s Blog

Successful Private Clouds Aren’t Spoken Of In Public – Ethereal Mind

Response: Why On-Premises Software Will Die Sooner – Ethereal Mind

Gartner Being Wrong On OpenStack – Ethereal Mind

So You Wanna Go On-prem Do Ya – Blog Dot Lusis

Infrastructure Software is Dead – Mirantis