Addressing the 3-4-5 pain points with hybrid cloud

MUMBAI, INDIA: The hybrid cloud has undeniable benefits; it is a game changer in the truest sense.

Defining the 3-4-5 pain–it mainly refers to the average technology refresh cycles of businesses relating to compute, storage and network respectively. Many enterprises are migrating to the hybrid cloud platform due to the limitations of operating in either a solely dedicated or public cloud environment.

Let’s check out some of the key hybrid cloud benefits.

Requirement fit
The public cloud continues to deliver benefits for certain workloads and use cases–test and development, sudden burst with peaks and troughs, start-ups etc. However, there can be regulatory/ mind-set issue trade-offs particularly when it comes to mission critical data security. On the other hand, operating solely on dedicated gears can deliver benefits for mission critical applications in terms of enhanced security, but is of limited use for applications with a short shelf-life such as peak capacity, less frequently accessed applications etc.

Finding a solution for every use case is impossible. Businesses have different sets of requirements for different types of applications, andHybrid Cloud offers the solution to meeting these needs.

Hybrid cloud is a complete approach to the consumption of IT. It is about mixing the right solution to the right job. Public cloud, private cloud and dedicated servers are combined and work together seamlessly as one platform. Hybrid Cloud minimizes risks and removes technical barriers and provides maximum benefit and improved performance from each component, thereby allowing businesses to focus on driving business forward.

Improved security
Since Hybrid cloud mixes dedicated and cloud resources, many security and compliance concerns are addressed to the fullest.

For example-Previously, adhering to strict PCI compliance requirements meant running any applications that take payments from customers on isolated dedicated hardware, and keeping well away from the cloud.

Not anymore. With hybrid cloud, businesses can place their secure customer data on a dedicated server, and combine the high performance and scalability of the cloud to allow them to conduct business and transact payments online all within one seamless, agile and secure environment.

Cost benefits
Hybrid cloud benefits are easily quantifiable. By connecting dedicated or on-premises resources to cloud components, businesses can see a substantial reduction in overall IT costs.
Many customers who have already adopted hybrid cloud report up to a 20 percent reduction in their TCO and this is a strong driver for businesses to adopt hybrid cloud.

Driving innovation and future proofing your business
Migrating to hybrid cloud could be the biggest step to take towards future proofing your business and ensuring you remain at the leading-edge of innovation in your market.

Hybrid cloud gives businesses access to vast public cloud resources, the ability to test new capabilities and technologies swiftly, and the chance to get to market faster without huge upfront investment.

The article has been authored by Govind Desikan, Head, Business Development & Cloud Services, Netmagic, and opinions expressed are his own