Although 71 percent of enterprises are using hybrid cloud, every company has a different definition of "hybrid" - which makes it hard to measure ROI.

1. WHY IS
STILL SO HARD?
4 keys to unlock
the future of IT

2. The use of hybrid cloud
is skyrocketing among
companies in every industry.

3. RightScale’s 2016 State of the Cloud Report
found that 71 percent of respondents have gone
hybrid – compared to 58 percent from last year.
95% of Respondents Are Using Cloud
18%Public Cloud
Only
Private Cloud
Only
Public = 89% Private = 77%
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Hybrid
71% 6%

4. Leveraging hybrid cloud is the top priority for
enterprise IT in 2016, according to RightScale.
Top Priority for Enterprise Central IT
Public and private
are equal priority
Leverage
hybrid cloud
Using
public cloud
Using a hosted
private cloud
Building a
private cloud
29%
27%23%
10%
10%
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report

5. Meanwhile, the total amount
of both private and public cloud
users continues to grow.
77 percent of users plan to tap into private
clouds this year, compared to 63 percent in 2015.

6. In the midst of this cloud boom, you’d
think the path to cloud would be paved
and clear. However,that’s not the case.
on-premises

7. Today’s hybrid model is fragmented.
Worse,every company has a
different definition of “hybrid.”

8. Today’s infrastructure is complex, and
many combinations of platforms and
hybrid strategy.
Many platforms
don’t deliver the
simplicity that
hybrid cloud
adopters expect.
Today’s Fragmented Hybrid Model
ON
PREMISES
OFF
PREMISES
ENTERPRISE
DATA CENTER
PRIVATE
CLOUD
MANAGED
CLOUD
PUBLIC
CLOUD

9. Enterprise data behaves differently on every
platform – and must be carefully managed
to preserve integrity and security.

10. Whether your company started
calling its IT plan “hybrid” when
it shut down its secondary data center
or moved to Office 365, you’re likely
reaching for a common industry goal:

11. Access data stored in the cloud and third-party
services as easily as if it lived on-premises.

12. There are many ways to work toward this
goal, including using edge networks and
managed storage-as-a-service solutions.

13. • Access
• Security
• Performance
• Mobility
However, in any situation,
four common data factors can
make or break hybrid success:

14. Each factor must be
guaranteed for data access,
no matter where that data lives.

15. hardware and software
vendors can no longer afford to
ignore cloud service offerings.
As noted by Mark May for
SearchCloudStorage,

16. New cloud users are coming on board daily,
and the definition of hybrid cloud – even
the cloud itself – is likely to keep changing.

17. To keep up, your organization needs to assess
data access needs for every app, and lay out a
timeline that guides your move to the cloud.

18. 1. Determine which apps should move to the
cloud – today,in six months and in a year.
2. Identify all costs for cloud expansion:
access fees,infrastructure and management.
3. Support the move with the right team
and a comprehensive hybrid strategy.
To execute this plan,
the following steps are critical:

19. As a result, your enterprise can
keep pace with IT trends and
pave the way toward a hybrid future.

20. many businesses end up
transitioning to the cloud much
faster than they initially planned.
Datamation contributor Christine Taylor explains:
once they embark on a hybrid strategy,
After all, once the cloud takes root,
its use grows quickly.

21. Find out how you can make
hybrid cloud a reality.
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