Data Centre Magazine June 2022 | Page 80

CLOUD & EDGE
The benefits of a hybrid cloud data centre Ease of use : With a hybrid data centre , businesses can simply move processes from their on-premises environment to the cloud one at a time , whenever they are ready .
Supporting the remote workforce : It is easier to meet the needs of a remote workforce with a hybrid data centre . Processes that need to be deployed and managed in the cloud can be migrated there , and , as a result , it is simpler to make them available to a remote workforce and support them as they work away from the office .
Business resilience : As hybrid data centres execute periodic backups , the amount of downtime businesses may experience is less than they would experience with pure-cloud architectures . It is also more resilient when it comes to dealing with situations where demand for resources suddenly spikes and , therefore , more reliable .
Improved options for scalability and control : In the event that you need more resources to handle demand – which for many businesses is highly likely , particularly in light of the growing significance of data

“ Experts say 90 % of organisations will soon opt for these multicloud architectures to avoid over-reliance on a single public cloud provider ”

ACCENTURE analysis for business success – a hybrid data centre can scale up by taking advantage of resources in the public cloud portion of a business ' data centre architecture . In this way , organisations benefit from one of the primary advantages of cloud computing .
Reducing business costs : With a hybrid data centre , there is no need for organisations to pay extra for hardware they may not need or even use : companies buy what they need and scale up when necessary – if at all – saving costs on unnecessary hardware and enabling businesses to instead use that money on other , more critical assets .
Securing the colocation industry ’ s future All of these benefits , and the growing popularity of public cloud services ,
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