An organization debating whether to install a private cloud or to use a public cloud, e. g., the AWS, for its computational and storage needs, asks your advice. What information will you require to base your recommendation on, and how will you use each one of the following items: (a) the description of the algorithms and the type of the applications the organization will run; (b) the system software used by these applications; (c) the resources needed by each application; (d) the size of the user population; (e) the relative experience of the user population; (f) the costs involved? A university is debating the same question. What will be your advice and why? Should software licensing be an important element of the decision?