*2.3.2 Private cloud*

A cloud infrastructure that is configured for a particular organization's sole use is termed private cloud. Departments and business units within an organization rely on network services implemented on a private cloud for dedicated to consumers. Generally, organizations are likely to avoid the adoption of public clouds as they are used by the public to access their facilities over the Internet. A private cloud offers organizations a greater degree of privacy, and control over the cloud infrastructure, applications, and data. There are two variants of a private cloud:

**Figure 1.** *A generic public cloud available to enterprises and individuals.*

*Network Function Virtualization over Cloud-Cloud Computing as Business Continuity Solution DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97369*

