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“ Our customers are dealing with increasingly diverse and complex environments as their hybrid and multi-cloud deployments grow . These customers want the freedom to choose the best environments and consumption models for their traditional and cloud native applications , which all drive a variety of business benefits . Yet , as this research bears out , while many customers are embracing cloud , most are still in the early stages of their journey to an optimised cloud model . That is where our new and enhanced Cisco Professional Services can help . Working with our partners , our joint services offerings are designed to help customers achieve a highly secure and optimised cloud environment specific to their unique business needs ,” said Mike Weston , Vice President , Cisco Middle East .
The Cisco-sponsored InfoBrief “ Cloud Going Mainstream : All Are Trying , Some Are Benefiting ; Few Are Maximizing Value ” was developed by International Data Corporation ( IDC ). The study is based on primary market research conducted with executives responsible for IT decisions in over 6,100 organisations across 31 countries that are successfully implementing private , public and hybrid clouds in their IT environments . This marks the second year of the study , nearly doubling last year ’ s sample size .
In the study , IDC identifies five levels of cloud maturity : ad hoc , opportunistic , repeatable , managed and optimised .
According to the study , organisations face a number of obstacles to achieving greater cloud maturity , including capabilities and skills gaps , lack of a well-defined strategy and roadmap , legacy siloed organisational structures , and Information Technology / Line of Business ( IT / LOB ) misalignment .
Commvault launches new AWS Cloud data protection model
Commvault has launched new reference architectures for Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) to enable customers to simplify data protection and management with a pre-optimised , easy to deploy , and validated solution . Available through Commvault direct and on AWS Marketplace , the reference architectures provide enterprises with clear guidance on how the Commvault Data Platform can help organisations optimise their use of the AWS Cloud for backup , archive and recovery . Commvault also announced that existing customers can apply their licenses to applications enabled through AWS Marketplace . Additionally , customers will have the ability to easily direct data storage to specific AWS services – such as Amazon Simple Storage Service ( Amazon S3 ), Amazon S3 Standard – Infrequent Access ( Amazon S3-IA ) and Amazon Glacier .
The validated Commvault reference architectures with AWS further simplify hybrid infrastructure data protection for Commvault customers while also reducing cost , improving agility and speeding deployment of Commvault Software with the AWS Cloud for backup , archive and recovery .
“ AWS and Commvault share a commitment to helping enterprises incorporate the cloud into their data protection strategies ,” said Terry Wise , Vice President of the Worldwide Partner Ecosystem , Amazon Web Services , Inc . “ The launch of these new validated reference architectures from Commvault further simplifies the use of the Commvault Data Platform with the AWS Cloud for our joint customers , helping them to accelerate the implementation of data protection projects that lower operating and capital expenses while still providing reliable , secure and quick access to their business data .”
“ Given our success using this cloud data protection model , I expect other customers to thrive using Commvault ’ s reference architecture with AWS to improve SLA ’ s for recovery , reduce infrastructure costs and eliminate tape management ,” said Shaown Nandi , VP and Head of Infrastructure and Cloud , Dow Jones . “ To date , we have moved more than 50 percent of our infrastructure into the cloud and with Commvault ’ s data management solution , have the flexibility to manage our data on-premise , in the cloud , or wherever we need it to be . Today , we have a resilient data protection model with improved SLA ’ s for recovery , reduced infrastructure costs , and no tape management .” www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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