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Why Private Cloud?

So why private cloud? It's simple, most of your applications and data still reside inside your network. Moving these services to a 3rd party, hosted solution means most IT departments still have to deal with issues like security, government regulations, user management, and internal corporate politics. If moving to public cloud computing requires IT to resolve these issues, it will be an extremely long and painful transition.

First Step to Cloud Computing

Stoneware's webNetwork is the first step in cloud computing. webNetwork enables organizations to create their own private cloud where applications, data, and services are secured, managed, and provisioned locally by their trusted IT department. Organizations can quickly plug their applications and data into the private cloud without giving up the security and control that is required by many auditors and regulators. The private cloud rapidly forms creating a single point of access for employees, customers, and partners to consume applications and information from anywhere, using any device.

Not the End of the Story

Creating your own private cloud is not the end of the story. Many companies like Zoho, Salesforce.com, Dell, Microsoft, ePals, etc. are creating hosted application offerings that are compelling to many businesses. The ability to consume a hosted version of an application gives organizations a means of reducing management and support costs associated with the application. Stoneware's webNetwork enables organizations to plug these hosted applications directly into their private cloud framework. By enabling this type of integration, organizations can create a single, unified cloud that presents users with all of their available services regardless if they are hosted internally or externally by a 3rd party vendor.

Stoneware understands the big question surrounding cloud computing is not "Who will host my applications?". Instead, the question becomes "Who will bring my web, Windows, and hosted web worlds together?". Stoneware's goal is not to create another isolated island of automation, but instead to be the product that ties where you are today with where you would like to go. webNetwork becomes the single private cloud platform where the web, Windows, and hosted application worlds unite.