Increased complexity is one of the biggest challenges facing IT teams in building and managing multicloud environments. Using different management tools for different platforms, whether private or public clouds, makes it harder—if not impossible—to effectively manage costs, security, governance, performance, compliance and availability.
Multicloud complexity also limits the potential benefits of automation and increases the risk that data silos and lack of portability between applications will inhibit digital transformation efforts—rendering the organization ineffective in its ultimate goal of leveraging all data to drive competitive advantage.
When it comes to managing multicloud environments, there has to be a better way than having multiple infrastructure platforms that are non-integrated and often incompatible.
Fortunately, there is.
With a multi-cloud-by-design model from Dell Technologies and VMware, IT teams can use a consistent, familiar and common set of unified management tools across their entire hybrid cloud environment—from data center to the edge to multiple public clouds.
The business case for a consistent hybrid cloud
Typically, IT teams don’t have to make the business case for moving workloads and applications to the cloud. These days, the directive to move to the cloud is just as likely to be driven by business leaders, line-of-business managers and DevOps teams, in addition to IT.
However, it is up to IT to make it all work—consistently, cost effectively and securely—without disrupting ongoing business operations and creating a clear and simple path to cloud services for all of the organization’s varied, and demanding, constituencies.
So, while IT doesn’t necessarily have to make the business case for why to move workloads and applications to the cloud, it is IT’s responsibility to determine how to move workloads and applications to the cloud.
When you take into account the actual experience of customers, the business rationale for using a single, consistent platform is pretty much an open-and-shut case. Here are some reasons why:
- Drive cost savings
- Improve business continuity
- Accelerate time to market
- Improve developer experience and performance
The experience of customers that have leveraged a consistent platform for cloud migration provides evidence and real-world affirmation of these benefits. A few examples:
- The state of Illinois saved $26 million in five years with a consistent hybrid cloud that delivered improved economics.
- Bank Leumi enabled developers to push code in hours, not days, and delivered new mobile experiences.
Conclusion
IT teams have many options in deciding where to run IT infrastructure and how to migrate workloads and applications to the cloud. Sometimes having too much choice can result in confusion and complexity. The path to the cloud needs to be flexible, secure, cost effective and nondisruptive. But it also needs to effectively reduce complexity rather than add to it.
A multicloud-by-design platform that provides consistency in operations, tools, processes and policies helps IT reduce complexity while limiting disruption. The business case is clear: A consistent platform from data center to edge to multiple clouds can save money, reduce risk, improve business continuity and accelerate time to market.
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