Back to all glossary articles

Private cloud

A cloud computing model is provided on a private IT infrastructure available only to a single organization. It means no third parties have access to it. Such models tend to be managed by internal resources. Private clouds ensure high security and privacy levels as the data is kept within the company’s firewalls.

Piwik PRO offers two private cloud options:

  • Dedicated database – server resources are shared between clients, but analytics data is kept separate, adding an extra level of security to your visitors’ data.
  • Dedicated hardware – all server resources and analytics data are kept separate, which entails higher costs.

Get the details on the differences between a private cloud and other hosting options:

How to host your analytics: public cloud vs private cloud vs self-hosted

  • University website personalization: First-party data strategies for student recruitment and retention

    University websites receive millions of visits annually from diverse audiences – prospective students, admitted students weighing their options, current undergraduates, graduate students, parents, alumni, and faculty. Yet most institutions serve identical content to all these visitors, missing critical opportunities to engage each audience with relevant information.

  • Digital marketing in the energy sector: Key challenges and fixes

    Summary The European energy and utilities sector is changing quickly. Customers expect smooth digital experiences, personalized communication, and easy access to their data. At the same time, regulators continue to tighten privacy and security standards across the EU. For marketing teams, this creates a familiar dilemma – how to deliver relevant, data-driven experiences while staying…

Other definitions

Recent posts from Piwik PRO blog