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09Why The Private
Avaya
Announces
Cloud Matters Now
New Partner
Organization
KAPLAN
PATTERSON
SMITH
WEBB
JORGL
MCFARLAND
COLWELL
RUFFIN
Leadership
More Than Ever
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KAPLAN

by Jeff Kaplan, CEO of Break-
through Technology Group Cloud Telephony
(www.btgroupinc.com)
I
f you look at some of the analyst stats on cloud
growth, you might be tempted to think that the
public cloud is becoming the only viable o -
site IT solution. For example, Gartner estimates
public cloud virtual machines (VMs) grew
20-fold last year compared to 3-fold growth for
private cloud VMs. While it’s undeniable that the public cloud is growing by leaps and bounds and -
has its strengths (e.g. developers testing new apps
over a short period) there are several instances
where a private cloud solution is a better — and
in some cases the only — way to go. Here are
three speci c examples where private cloud
trumps the public cloud:
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#1.Data Privacy/Security is a Top
Concern. Whether a company is
governed by industry mandates such as HIPAA
(healthcare) or FINRA (banking and nance),
or perhaps it has its own internal reasons to
safeguard its data, a private cloud o ering is the

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7 Things to Review

When Choosing

Midmarket Video

Vi ualized Communications
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Aeonix is a so ware communications solution that
consolidates disparate business applications into a single,
fault tolerant platform. The Aeonix Unified Communications PATTERSON
platform resides in one vi ual or COTS se er. Aeonix runs
on virtual systems including vmware, Hyper-V and AWS,
and can easily port from one platform to another. Cloud By Pat Patterson, Director of Services Marketing for Avaya
based, hybrid, or on premises, Aeonix provides the same
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enterprise grade feature set and capabilities. The Product's ncreasingly, midmarket companies are
unparalleled scalability also delivers immediate ROI for a demanding Op-Ex, cost-e ective cloud
Managed Se ices practice.
solutions that are tailored to the needs of their
business. We rst identi ed this trend back
in Dec. 2013 as one of the top trends to watch in 2014.
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