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The Forrester Wave™: Private Cloud 

Solutions, Q4 2013

by Lauren E. Nelson, November 25, 2013

For: Infrastructure 
& Operations 
Professionals

Enterprises look to private clouds for more than just virtual infrastructure provisioning. 

Private cloud vendors have started to bundle additional capabilities into their solutions, 

including pervasive VM management capabilities, design tools for complex application 

templates, and service catalogs.

Purchasing Commercial software Is The Top approach To Private Cloud
Over the next 12 months, more than half of enterprises will prioritize building 

internal private clouds. Today, the most common approach is through the purchase of 

commercial software to layer atop existing infrastructure resources. Regardless of the 

approach you choose, there’s no shortage of tools to support your efforts.

Every private cloud vendor includes basic virtual infrastructure provisioning and 

management capabilities. Differentiation in this market lies in user experience (and ease 

of use), support for a range of underlying infrastructure and management tools, and its 

enablement of complex hybrid cloud scenarios.