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HYBRID INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A DIGITAL ADVANTAGE

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Hybrid infrastructure helps businesses meet today ’ s transformation challenges
Enterprise IT is fast becoming hybrid IT
Today ’ s increasingly virtual world has become a hybrid IT world . Most enterprises looking to digitally transform for agility and resiliency , as well as support future business applications , will need to deploy a hybrid digital infrastructure .
Hybrid infrastructure – an overview
So , what is hybrid IT ?
Hybrid infrastructure focuses on the foundational infrastructure needed to deploy a digital core . It is an IT infrastructure design and environment made up of a mix of on-premises data centers , private clouds and public clouds . Hybrid IT is important now , because with today ’ s ever-increasing numbers of cloud , network and application services , an organization ’ s infrastructure needs to :
• Respond to current needs / opportunities and equip for a digital future .
• Accommodate the resiliency and flexibility demands of modern IT without compromising performance or security .
• Deliver both legacy and modern applications anywhere they need to do business , globally .
A hybrid infrastructure can get them there .
Hybrid infrastructure – an overview Enterprises can be at different stages of the cloud transformation journey . However , regardless of where they are in their transformation , with the right strategy on the right platform , businesses can establish a hybrid infrastructure to meet and anticipate digital demands now and in the future to power their success .
Businesses will use hybrid IT in a number of areas – to support their core applications and to deliver services at the digital edge . They will use both public and private clouds and deploy both physical and virtual IT . �
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