Data Centre Magazine October 2022 | Page 94

CLOUD & EDGE
According to the Equinix 2022 Global Tech Trends Survey , 47 % of respondent global technology companies say they plan to use the cloud to facilitate their global expansion plans .
Furthermore , 71 % of global IT leaders said they plan to move more business functions to the cloud . Of the survey ’ s respondents , 50 % plan to move more of their businesscritical applications to the cloud , and almost half ( 49 %) intend to move security functions to the cloud .
As you can see , the market is ripe for the move . And , for those without a knowledge of the cloud or its deployment , managed services are becoming an increasingly valuable solution .
What is a managed cloud service ? Managed cloud services give businesses access to cloud computing networks without requiring them to actually learn how to manage the cloud ’ s infrastructure and its accompanying tools .
“ One reason for the explosive growth of cloud is that on-premise infrastructure simply isn ’ t as compatible with remote working as the cloud , so businesses are increasingly migrating over ,” explains Jon Lucas , the Co-Founder and Director at Hyve Managed Hosting .
By paying for a managed cloud services provider to manage the cloud on their behalf , companies are able to quickly and seamlessly deploy the technology in their operations .
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