CIO opinion
CIO OPINION
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BEING ABLE TO
EFFICIENTLY
MIGRATE AND
REPATRIATE DATA IS GOING
TO BE A KEY FEATURE OF
CLOUD CAPABILITY.
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Alex McMullan, EMEA CTO, Pure Storage
Making the most of data
Alex McMullan, EMEA CTO, Pure
Storage, tells Intelligent CIO
how it’s vital to make the most
of an organisation’s data.
I
n the same way that a CFO sets out the strategy and framework
for investment and cash flow, CIOs and CTOs need to take
control of making dataflow work for their organisations. Data
is now a currency, but one which carries extra responsibility for the
holder, especially where our personal information is involved. This
data currency will come under regulation in 2018, where failing
to get a clean audit will have similar reputational and monetary
consequences as failing a finance audit.
Against this backdrop, as we make our way through 2018, below are
four factors that CIOs and CTOs should consider, to ensure that they
get the most value from their organisations’ data.
Cloud control – hybrid architectures will dominate
The debate around whether to use cloud technologies is history.
Multi-cloud deployment has now become the norm. With increased
awareness that uncapped or per-second pricing can spiral out of
control, a return to hybrid architecture, which marries the strengths
of controllable cost, high performance on-premises systems, with
burstable, global cloud services is underway.
The increased requirements for data control are going to further boost
the attractiveness of the hybrid model. A trend that will only accelerate
as each business seeks to balance its own technology demands
against the relative TCOs of public vs on-premises cloud platforms.
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