EDITOR’S QUESTION
WHAT BEST PRACTICE
ADVICE WOULD
YOU OFFER TO
ORGANISATIONS
LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT
A HYBRID IT MODEL?
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UNIQUE BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
SURROUNDING
TECHNOLOGIES
LIKE 5G AND AI
IN PARTICULAR
ARE DRIVING
THIS INTEREST
IN HYBRID
COMPUTING, NOT
OUT OF EXPENSE
OR SIMPLICITY
BUT RATHER OUT
OF NECESSITY.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
H
ybrid cloud has garnered the highest
percentage (48%) of Twitter
mentions among the discussions of
world’s leading cloud computing experts
during the third quarter (Q3) of 2019,
according to GlobalData, a leading data and
analytics company.
In terms of intensity of discussions, hybrid
cloud technology was followed by multi-
cloud with 36% share of discussions, public
cloud (13%) and private cloud (3%).
Brad Shimmin, Service Director at
GlobalData, said: “Within the rapidly evolving
market areas like Digital Transformation, the
cloud is no longer seen as a final endpoint or
destination; rather it is but one aspect of a
broader resource continuum that combines
private, Edge and public cloud workloads into
a seamless, optimised and reliable whole.”
An analysis of GlobalData’s Cloud
Computing Influencer Platform, which tracks
more than 250 global cloud computing
experts and their discussions pertaining
to emerging trends, pain areas, new fields
of innovation and other popular areas on
Twitter, reveals that ‘Artificial Intelligence’
(AI) and ‘Internet of Things’ as two of
the most significant trends in hybrid cloud
related discussions.
Cloud applications and cybersecurity
were seen as two major trends in multi-
cloud as the conversations imply that many
large organisations struggle with security
worries as they are trending towards
multi-cloud deployment where applications
will run across multiple cloud providers.
The next generation technology, 5G, also
appeared as a top trend in multi-cloud
related conversations.
Shimmin added: “Unique business
opportunities surrounding technologies
like 5G and AI in particular are driving
this interest in hybrid computing, not
out of expense or simplicity but rather
out of necessity. For use cases like traffic
flow optimisation, for example, where
time sensitive predictive data analysis is
paramount, the installation of intelligence at
the Edge is truly the only way forward.”
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