why is hybrid cloud still so hard? 4 keys to unlock the future of it
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RightScale’s 2016 State of the Cloud Report found that 71 percent of respondents have gone
hybrid – compared to 58 percent from last year.
95% of Respondents Are Using Cloud
18%Public cloudonly
Private cloudonly
Public = 89% Private = 77%Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Hybrid71% 6%
Leveraging hybrid cloud is the top priority for enterprise IT in 2016, according to RightScale.
Top Priority for Enterprise Central IT
Public and private are equal priority
leveragehybrid cloud
using public cloud
using a hostedprivate cloud
building aprivate cloud
29%
27%23%
10%
10%
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Meanwhile, the total amount of both private and public cloud
users continues to grow.
77 percent of users plan to tap into private clouds this year, compared to 63 percent in 2015.
In the midst of this cloud boom, you’d think the path to cloud would be paved and clear. However, that’s not the case.
on-premises
Today’s infrastructure is complex, and many combinations of platforms and
hybrid strategy.
Many platforms don’t deliver the simplicity that hybrid cloud adopters expect.
Today’s Fragmented Hybrid Model
ONPREMISES
OFFPREMISES
ENTERPRISEDATA CENTER
PRIVATECLOUD
MANAGEDCLOUD
PUBLICCLOUD
Enterprise data behaves differently on every platform – and must be carefully managed
to preserve integrity and security.
Whether your company started calling its IT plan “hybrid” when
it shut down its secondary data center or moved to Office 365, you’re likely
reaching for a common industry goal:
There are many ways to work toward this goal, including using edge networks and managed storage-as-a-service solutions.
• Access• Security• Performance• Mobility
However, in any situation, four common data factors can make or break hybrid success:
hardware and software vendors can no longer afford to ignore cloud service offerings.
As noted by Mark May for SearchCloudStorage,
New cloud users are coming on board daily, and the definition of hybrid cloud – even
the cloud itself – is likely to keep changing.
To keep up, your organization needs to assess data access needs for every app, and lay out a timeline that guides your move to the cloud.
1. Determine which apps should move to the cloud – today, in six months and in a year.
2. Identify all costs for cloud expansion: access fees, infrastructure and management.
3. Support the move with the right team and a comprehensive hybrid strategy.
To execute this plan, the following steps are critical:
many businesses end up transitioning to the cloud much
faster than they initially planned.
Datamation contributor Christine Taylor explains: once they embark on a hybrid strategy,
After all, once the cloud takes root, its use grows quickly.
Find out how you can makehybrid cloud a reality.
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