UNLOCKING THE BENEFITS OF HYBRID CLOUD
Dr Malcolm Murphy , technology director , Western Europe ,
Infoblox , highlights the importance of intelligent network automation in controlling , securing and analysing next generation data centre and cloud environments .
According to Forrester , more than half of businesses intend to adopt a hybrid cloud model over the next 12 months . And when you consider the lower infrastructure cost , greater agility , and improved security when compared to public clouds or traditional client-server architecture , it ’ s not hard to understand this increased interest in hybrid clouds and virtualised , automated data centres .
Transitioning from a public or private cloud to a hybrid model will require organisations to operate in a multi-cloud , multi-platform environment , often including traditional on-premises components alongside Microsoft Azure , Amazon
Web Services ( AWS ), and other OpenStack cloud technologies .
But , while automated processes for spinning up storage and compute can offer tremendous speed , business agility and cost savings , configuring aspects of an organisation ’ s network such as its DNS ( domain name server ) across hybrid environments can often be complex , and still tends to be managed manually .
Indeed , the agility that this new cloud environment promises can be negatively affected by manual processes around the management of DNS , DHCP and IP , collectively known as DDI . Processes such as these can also cause inconsistencies across hybrid deployments , as well as increasing vulnerabilities that can result in outages , security breaches and an overall poor user experience .
By way of illustration , consider legacy DNS infrastructure . One of the most exploited parts of a network , it can often be a hidden crack in that network ’ s foundation , with the potential to derail a business , particularly if that business is using an initiative such as public and hybrid cloud .
If they hope to avoid impacting the security of their network , it ’ s important , therefore , for businesses to consider investing in a unified platform to centralise the management of the core services at its foundation .
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hybrid cloud
UNLOCKING THE BENEFITS
OF HYBRID CLOUD
Dr Malcolm Murphy, technology director, Western Europe, Infoblox, highlights the importance of intelligent
network automation in controlling, securing and analysing next generation data centre and cloud environments.
A
ccording to Forrester, more
than half of businesses
intend to adopt a hybrid
cloud model over the next
12 months. And when you
consider the lower infrastructure
cost, greater agility, and improved
security when compared to public
clouds or traditional client-server
architecture, it’s not hard to
understand this increased interest
in hybrid clouds and virtualised,
automated data centres.
Transitioning from a public or
private cloud to a hybrid model will
require organisations to operate
in a multi-cloud, multi-platform
environment, often including
traditional on-premises components
alongside Microsoft Azure, Amazon
40 | April 2017
Web Services (AWS), and other
OpenStack cloud technologies.
But, while automated
processes for spinning up storage
and compute can offer tremendous
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