Report shows Hybrid cloud usage

New 451 Research commissioned by NTT Com (www.ntt.com) in partnership with Dell EMC, by  reveals how hybrid cloud is really being implemented across 14 European countries, reveals that almost two-thirds of enterprise-sized firms said they have a strategy or pilot program for hybrid cloud in place.  These companies currently manage their cloud environments in different ways but only 16% plan to use a single cloud for all requirements. 
 
Over 80% of enterprises deploy workloads using a mix of cloud types, without fully-integrated or completely formalized interactions between them.  This multi-cloud model is considered to be the norm for their IT infrastructure. 
 
“Data security, privacy and regulatory obligations, including concerns about General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will dictate the location of hybrid cloud data, and 45% of enterprises rated security and compliance as critically important in their hybrid cloud plans,” explains Rob Steggles, Marketing Director at NTT Communications.
 
“The research shows some 23% of enterprises polled ranked the migration, onboarding and management of cloud workloads as key hybrid-enabling services for which they would seek third-party service provider support.  Some 48% of large and multi-national enterprises will use Azure Stack hybrid cloud, to complement their existing legacy environments or as a strategic gateway to transform into as-a-service IT delivery operations, aided by their service providers,” continues Steggles.
 
There are many reasons for the increased interest in hybrid cloud, according to Damian Skendrovic, CEO, NTT Com Managed Services, the global managed services arm of NTT Com: “Among the top business drivers are the desire to improve the speed of deployment of applications and services to enhance business agility.  At the same time this poses challenges including security management, operational complexity and legacy migration.”  
 
“While enterprises may use in-house resources to achieve these goals, many will not be in a position to do so, the study points out.  Service providers will play a vital role as enterprises prioritise their needs for workload migration, onboarding and multi-cloud management services by outsourcing to specialised infrastructure and application service providers,” added Skendrovic.
 
“Multi-cloud is often considered an interim step toward a fully hybrid cloud setup. Over 80% of the respondents to this study currently use multiple cloud environments, with varying amounts of integration, migration and interaction between them.  Perhaps most significant is that approximately a quarter of companies already use some form of hybrid cloud – using the definition of seamless delivery of a single business function across multiple environments,” explained Liam Eagle, Research Manager, Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud, Hosting & Managed Services, 451 Research.

 

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