Having completed Equanet’s VDI, Cloud and Consumerisation event this week with support from Citrix and Microsoft I thought I would ask you what your best cloud is? Private, Public or Hybrid? The answer has to be none of the above. Too many people get hung up on the idea of positioning a cloud solution without doing their homework and we firmly believe the best cloud is Your Cloud; based upon your needs, legislation and technical readiness. All too often we are told that Hybrid cloud is the best cloud – why?
You can't blame those for recommending this strategy. Hybrid clouds can leverage both private and public clouds and dynamically choose where processes and data should reside.
The problem comes when enterprises rely too much on vendor marketing and not enough on their own architectural requirements. Businesses typically realise the limitations too late in the process normally due to a lack of transparency.
Staff involved with these projects get caught up in the hype, feel pressured to get a cloud solution up and running, and hit issues they don't see until it's too late.
Equanet believe that there is an easy resolution to this, it is doing the same that you have for your data centre projects over the past few years without the cloud tag. Firstly you need to undertake a root and branch assessment of the core requirements to define the right cloud approach for you. In many cases the complexity of a hybrid cloud can overshadow the cost benefit of cloud in the first place and a straight forward public or private cloud solution is best for business.
Remember there is no silver bullet: Cloud computing requires that you make some compromises. Just understand them before committing. Have a cloud strategy in place and understand what is in and what isn’t. Alternatively talk to us at Equanet to see how we can help you.
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