The R’s of Hybrid Cloud Strategy

Nearly a decade ago, Gartner identified the five R’s for defining a cloud migration strategy. Like the V’s of Big Data, these R’s have also evolved over the years but are still relevant. Leading technology and business consulting firms have established large cloud practices to cater to the needs of their clients. On the other hand, Public Cloud providers have poured billions of dollars into refining their Cloud Infrastructure and Services. Yet, arguably only a fraction of the data and underlying workload has made its way to the Cloud, which in my view is predominantly due to the lack of hybrid multicloud management capabilities.

The failure of one-size-fits-all approaches enforced by the public cloud providers for more than a decade has led to the conclusion that a hybrid multicloud strategy is essentially the only way to meet the growing digital business demands in adherence to regulatory standards. The global research indicators provided by leading analysts and consulting firms reinforce that the businesses around the globe now align to the fact that a hybrid cloud strategy that spans over multiple public and private cloud infrastructures is inevitable for meeting the business objectives.

To countering these bottlenecks, the businesses need a strategic technology partner who can help them tailor a robust cloud migration strategy that is hybrid in nature, spans across one or multiple public and private cloud infrastructures, simplifies the systems landscape, optimizes the costs, and more importantly, helps the businesses define an ecosystem that aligns with the industry-specific requirements to accelerating their digital transformation.

The Hybrid Cloud Migration Strategy Framework