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It looks like MS and HP are pushing ...
P. Douglas Updated - 13th Jan 2010
... private clouds, while VMWare and Zimbra are about public cloud hosting. I think private clouds are going to win out over public clouds in the enterprise over privacy and security concerns (at least in the US). Also I wouldn't be surprised if a sizeable portion of public data from companies, becomes hosted in private (vs. public) clouds.

I think the euphoria over public clouds is dangerous, and I hope cooler heads prevail as people consider the severe privacy and security implications of public clouds.
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