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Based on numerous recent research reports (Forrester, IDC, and Piper Jaffray), we believe cloud computing adoption will hit an all-time high in 2015, and within that, the biggest investment will be in deployment of private clouds.<\/p>\n<p>Decreasing cost of on-premises infrastructure and security and data privacy issues are causing more organizations to build Amazon AWS-like infrastructure at their own sites, according to these reports. What\u2019s more, next-generation data centers being built today are increasingly architected around private cloud designs, so it only follows that 2015 will indeed be the year of the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the celebration, we want to offer up a little gift of knowledge to those who embarking on the private cloud journey, specifically focused on the network elements of private cloud deployments: An Infoblox white paper on \u201cSimplifying Private Cloud Deployments through Network Automation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can download a copy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/resources\/whitepaper\/simplifying-private-cloud-deployments-through-network-automation?utm_source=blox-community&amp;utm_campaign=community-q2&amp;utm_medium=blox-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gung hay fat choy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 19th\u00a0marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year and is the year of the eighth Chinese zodiac sign: The Goat.\u00a0 At Infoblox, we are observing another milestone \u2013 we believe 2015 will be the Year of the Cloud for many enterprise IT departments. 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