Dont settle for two tiered IT

Don’t Settle for Two-Tiered IT: Introduce Cloud-Like Benefits into your Company Data Center with Consumption-Based Services Workload Placement: Choosing the Optimal Deployment Model For many businesses, determining optimal workload placement is a challenge. In the recent Frost & Sullivan survey, nearly a third of respondents cited “assessing the optimal deployment model for workloads” as a top challenge they face in implementing their hybrid cloud. Forty-three percent of IT organizations say they rely on a “cloud first” policy, in which new applications are steered toward the public cloud, while legacy applications remain on premises. It’s not surprising that businesses find the public cloud an appealing first-choice. As shown in Figure 1, IT organizations turn to the cloud to address a number of IT priorities, including cost reduction, decreased maintenance and administrative burdens, and improved flexibility and efficiency. They also consider the public cloud as a way to deal with capital budget constraints, enabling them to use more flexible operating budgets for IT resources. Figure 1: Top Tactical Drivers to Public Cloud 76% Reduce costs 71% Manage data growth 64% Reduce maintenance burden Improve IT flexibility/ agility 61% Improve BC/ DR 61% Manage environmental costs and impact 61% Shift cost from capital to operating budget 60% % Of Respondents Citing Driver as “Important” or “Very Important” Source: Frost & Sullivan 2017 Cloud User Survey However, businesses have always recognized that not all workloads are appropriate for a public cloud model. IT organizations cite a long list of reasons they have chosen not to place a workload in the public cloud. As shown in Figure 2, concerns about security, compliance, application performance and availability, migration, and costs are paramount. Also factoring are concerns about their ability to optimally manage a cloud environment, due to lack of in-house cloud expertise. All Rights Reserved © 2017 Frost & Sullivan 3 Don’t Settle for Two-Tiered IT: Introduce Cloud-Like Benefits into your Company Data Center with Consumption-Based Services Figure 2: Top Reasons for not Placing a Workload in the Public Cloud 65% Unauthorized access to my data or applications Poor or inconsistent application performance 61% Unreliability of cloud networks 59% Challenges migrating workloads or data 57% Inability to meet compliance requirements 55% Lack of in-house cloud expertise 55% Sunk investment in IT components 54% Insufficient Return on Investment 53% Incomplete visibility across cloud and data center 53% Loss of control over my applications 52% Lack of resiliency of cloud centers 52% % Of Respondents Citing Restraint as “Important” or “Very Important” Source: Frost & Sullivan 2017 Cloud User Survey As a result, businesses are choosing to maintain critical and complex applications on premises. Top premisesbased workloads cited by respondents to the Frost and Sullivan survey include: • Storage and databases • Complex business-critical functions, such as ERP, CRM, and HR • Applications utilizing proprietary processes or data • Performance- and latency-sensitive applications • Applications subject to regulatory compliance 4 All Rights Reserved © 2017 Frost & Sullivan