Intelligent CIO Europe Issue13 | Page 77

t cht lk TECH TALK /////////////////////////////////////////////////// MULTICLOUD USAGE MAKES THE USE OF CLOUD MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS NECESSARY Cloud adoption remains one of the biggest talking points throughout the region, with more and more businesses and organisations recognising its benefits. Matthias Pfützner, Cloud Solution Architect at Red Hat, talks to us about the ‘multicloud trend’ and its challenges, and discusses the core elements of using a cloud management platform. M ulticlouds are in vogue: more and more companies use cloud platforms and services in parallel. The main challenge in doing so lies in administrative complexity. The only practical way of coping with this is by using a cloud management platform that supports the integrative administration of heterogeneous private, public, hybrid and multicloud solutions. Cloud development is progressing dynamically. At present, companies frequently use hybrid clouds. That means www.intelligentcio.com that they operate their IT infrastructure partly in a private cloud and partly in a public cloud. The simultaneous use of internal infrastructure is therefore often required for this reason alone as many applications are not even worth considering for use with the public cloud for reasons relating to security, compliance and data protection. A hybrid cloud model is the perfect first step for many companies in optimally tapping the potential of private and public clouds. A hybrid cloud model which comprises on- premises and off-premises resources offers the best of both worlds – the cost-efficiency “ A HYBRID CLOUD MODEL IS THE PERFECT FIRST STEP FOR MANY COMPANIES IN OPTIMALLY TAPPING THE POTENTIAL OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CLOUDS. INTELLIGENTCIO 77