FEATURE
THE NEED
TO ADAPT
AND CHANGE
DIRECTION
QUICKLY IS A
CORE PRINCIPLE
OF A DIGITAL
BUSINESS.
Walid Issa, Senior Manager Systems
Engineering – NetApp
The hybrid approach allows applications
and components to interoperate across
boundaries (for example, cloud versus on-
premises), between cloud instances and
even between architectures (for example,
traditional versus modern digital).
• You can connect existing systems
running on traditional architectures
that run business-critical applications
or contain sensitive data that might not
be suited for the public cloud.
Therefore, it should be able to:
The same level of distribution and access
flexibility is also needed for data. Whether
you’re handling workloads or datasets, in
the dynamic digital world, you should plan
for things to move around in response to
evolving needs. Where applications or
data live today might not be the best place
for them to live over time.
When implementing a hybrid IT
architecture, make sure it includes
these characteristics:
• Your on-premises data centre, private
and public cloud resources, and
workloads are tied together under
common data management while
staying distinct.
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• Eliminate ‘walled gardens’
through application and services
compatibility: Your data centre should
be able to function with public cloud
velocity in a multi-cloud environment
with consistent management and
rapid deployment.
• Same tool for every cloud: Do more
with the same tool. Stop wasting
valuable time learning new tools.
NetApp’s common control plane saves
time with a consistent experience that
makes it easy to deploy and manage
any cloud you choose.
• Seamless experience from on-
premises to public cloud and back:
You decide, develop and deploy your
applications on the cloud of your
choice. Easily move workloads across
clouds to meet business needs.
Taking those benefits into consideration,
NetApp’s disaggregated hybrid cloud
infrastructure are enabled by a data
fabric, which uses a software-defined
approach to provide a common set of data
services across any combination of IT
resources. This allows independent scaling
of compute and storage, adapting to
workloads with guaranteed performance,
reduce costs with unified data
orchestration and integration across public,
private and on-premises environments.
AARON WHITE, GENERAL
MANAGER – METI AT NUTANIX
Most organisations already operate in a
variety of clouds – public and private. But
now as we stare down advancements in
AI, IoT and Machine Learning, hybrid cloud
adoption is accelerating, strategies are
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