Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 08 | Page 62

FEATURE : CLOUD MANAGEMENT
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ORGANISATIONS WANT MULTI-CLOUD AND BEST-OF-BREED , BUT FROM A SINGLE SUPPLIER , WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT AN MSP CAN PROVIDE .

Michael Tso , CEO of Cloudian
Gijsbert Janssen van Doorn , Tech Evangelist at Zerto multi-cloud strategy on a solid architecture . “ Most organisations already employ different cloud ecosystems , depending on the use case . But using different platforms at the same time doesn ’ t constitute a successful multi-cloud strategy . A good strategy enables IT teams to achieve full ‘ cloud-flexibility ’ and get the best possible solution for every scenario .”
Mat Clothier , CEO , CTO and Co-Founder at Cloudhouse
Doorn continued : “ To adopt a true multicloud strategy effectively , organisations need to approach the process , not by trying to force legacy tools to work in their new environments , but by adopting new solutions that are built with the future in mind – a future where the majority of businesses are leveraging more than one cloud platform to
Mark Young , VP of Systems Engineering & Field CTO EMEA at Tintri
move workloads freely as they see fit for their business , while also fully protecting them .”
It ’ s all about the architecture
Mark Young , VP of Systems Engineering and Field CTO EMEA at Tintri , said that the best starting point for organisations is to build a
Young went on to suggest : “ Some of those scenarios are best served running on a local cloud architecture , like VDI , DevOps or databases . In those instances , it is critical to ensure they are underpinned by a powerful and modern cloud storage architecture that is fast , easy to manage , integrates well with hypervisors and is ready for automation . By covering this key part of the multi-cloud strategy , businesses will be able to reap the full benefits of the private cloud element of their multi-cloud strategy .”
A future in multiple clouds
As organisations increasingly rely on the importance of data , many are looking to utilise the best tools available . As a result , there is a steady rise in the adoption of multi-cloud environments . To support this , Research and Markets recently predicted that the multi-cloud management market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 30.9 % until 2022 . •
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