While public cloud Infrastructure as a Service adoption continues to grow at a strong pace, public Platform as a Service has not seen the same growth rates. Private PaaS allows organizations to layer a consistent set of services for developers on top of private and public infrastructure without fear of Public PaaS lock-in. This talk will review the benefits of Private PaaS, how to evaluate the vendors and products and steps to take that will ensure it's successful adoption into the your organization. The discussion will not discuss any vendor specific features or offer vendor comparisons, but rather focus on how to perform the evaluations. (vendor neutral assurance).