As we start the new year there are always a lot of talk about what will be 'hot' topics for the year. Hybrid Cloud is certainly forecast as one of these areas. In a recent article written by Dimension Data * they expected there to be:
Increase in private cloud adoption
New managed private cloud offerings with consumption-based commercial models continue to attract the savviest IT decision-makers with a 'cloud-first' strategy. The new private cloud models are accelerating the migration of non-cloud-native, critical, enterprise-grade applications to the cloud. It will also provide added benefits of elevating the IT department to a service provider of choice for the enterprises they support.
Greater transparency and analytics of the spend to optimize infrastructure against business objectives
With the first incarnations of opex-based hybrid cloud models now up and running, and with applications having run on these solutions for some time, organisations are starting to gain a better view of the costs and performance associated with their cloud choices. This will lead to a need for greater transparency and analysis of cloud spend and application performance. The emphasis will not necessarily be on cost reduction, but more on improving performance of cloud solutions and maximising their value for the business.
A greater focus on managing security across virtual boundaries
Organisations used to be able to physically isolate their workloads by putting a firewall around the physical IT estate. Moving increasingly to a hybrid IT model, the very first question they need to ask is how to set up their security in order to protect their greatest asset, data, while no longer being the primary custodian of that data.
Steve Roberts, Managing Consultant at Leap29 commented
'Growth of public, platform as a service as well as hybrid and private cloud solution is driving the demand for networking professionals in the Netherlands. Security is a key concern across these areas. This demand for talent is resulting in clients needing to look beyond the domestic market.'
Leap29 are an award winning recruitment solutions provider. A Netherlands registered company providing we provide 'local' expertise and resource from the global talent pool.