Private cloud adoption in North America has regained momentum over the past year. Whether your organization is seeking a platform to enable developers or a way to optimize existing systems, private cloud remains a key part of enterprise hybrid cloud strategies. In 2017, enterprise infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders looked for opportunities to mitigate the complexity, cost, and difficulty of private cloud — the start of the pragmatic private cloud era. This report explores current trends in private cloud adoption, using data from the Forrester Data Global Business Technographics® Infrastructure Survey, 2017.