Public-cloud-only is no longer the default strategy for organizations seeking optimal price, performance, security, and control for their workloads. A new analyst report looks at how IT leaders are thinking about public and private cloud. This article summarizes the Constellation Research and provides perspective from HPE.

Key take-aways:

• A fresh perspective on the private vs public cloud debate, challenging conventional wisdom
• Private cloud is a viable, if not a superior, choice.
• Workload placement is important – hybrid cloud provides choices