Simply the cloud is the hosting space out there in the cyberspace(internet) and gets anything rendered as a service.This can be anything hosted.Hardware as a serve, OS platform as a service, application as a service etc...the most important thing is "SERVICE" .Transparency to the users can be important but sometimes not that clear.A user can hire a physical server but not necessary get a dedicated computer, it might be a virtual comp..with required specs...RAM/Processor...etc. Datacenter itself can be a service or set of services.Private Cloud is a service in the internet that is hosted,administered and operated by the service consumer/client Thank -- Regards, Nicholas Peter.* Kinpro Computers.* *Box:*16954,Arusha. *Tel :*+255 732 972287. *Mobile**:* +255 754 914652 *Email: *kinprocomputers@gmail.com =============================================== Products: Software systems for :School management, Point of Sale, Sacco and Microfinance,Vehicles /Fleet Maintenance manager On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Tech List Kenya <techlistkenya@gmail.com>wrote:

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Guys,

I think am getting confused by the cloud jargons. What exactly is the difference between private cloud and datacenter?

I am using the term data centre very loosely here to mean the corporate internal IT infrastructure

There is a lot of talk about setting up private clouds yet in my opinion this has been there for ages. Doesn't corporate file server, exchange server, etc constitute a private cloud?

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