SOFTWARE
Fueled by the COVID-19 crisis , enterprises are unlocking the power of service-based digital solutions
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Over the past decade , the tech industry has been locked in a debate over the future of the data centre . From on-premises legacy infrastructure to public , private and hybrid cloud , this chapter is drawing to a close .
“ The debate over whether applications are going to move fully to the public cloud or stay onpremises is nearing its end ,” comments Tim Loake , vice president of Dell UK ’ s Infrastructure Solutions Group . Speaking to Data Centre Magazine , Loake explains that , by 2021 , industry experts like Gartner expect that 75 % of mid-size and large organisations will be using either multi-cloud or hybrid cloud IT strategies , adding that the prediction “ was made pre-COVID-19 , so we could even supercede Gartner ’ s estimate , given the acceleration we ’ ve seen in recent months .”
The global pandemic has had , is continuing to have , and most likely will continue to have a profound effect on the ways that we live and work for the foreseeable future . All scales of enterprise have been engaged in a profound experiment with remote work since March . This increased and involuntary digitalisation of the global workforce ,
DECEMBER 2020