Issue link: https://insights.oneneck.com/i/1376056
Today, more enterprises are realizing the cloud is no longer an either/or choice. With hybrid cloud, they can get the best of both worlds and ensure their IT infrastructure closely aligns with the needs of their business. As more organiza ons consider a hybrid IT strategy they should keep seven key factors in mind. Be er control over Shadow IT. Many mes, line-of-business (LOB) managers and end users with pressing business needs are unwilling to wait for internal IT and instead look to public cloud vendors to provide new applica ons and services. Referred to as Shadow IT, this type of environment is usually the first step toward a hybrid environment. Acknowledging its existence and bringing it under centralized IT management ensures the business sees IT as a valued service provider and not a hindrance. Manage swings in app demand and performance. Organiza ons with highly-dynamic applica ons that spike unexpectedly in demand and usage can easily and cost-effec vely use the public cloud to spin up new resources and scale to support peak loads, then scale back down to on-premises once demand drops. Ease app development and test. Rather than replica ng the produc on environment on-premises for tes ng, organiza ons are leveraging the cloud for quick itera ons and rapid development, then running apps on-premises only when they are produc on-ready. Handle varied workloads. Organiza ons o en find it more cost- effec ve and secure to run the front-end interfaces for large public- facing applica ons in the public cloud, while suppor ng the back-end services (and cri cal data) for those on-premises, where they have be er control and security. Support varied user bases. As more enterprises support both on-premises and mobile workforces, they find a mix of cloud and tradi onal IT solu ons work best, as they can provide the ul mate in mobile access via public cloud services, while keeping users of more performance-intensive, sensi ve or compliance-oriented applica ons on-premises. Meet workload demands. Hybrid infrastructure forces enterprises to re-evaluate their network to ensure it can support the demands of workloads that are constantly shi ing from on-premises to the cloud and back again. Manage hybrid environment. With hybrid IT, administra ve tools must be able to manage both cloud and on-premises assets, using the same set of security, user and applica on policies. 3 oneneck.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7