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Martin Thunman, co-founder and CEO of Crosser, addresses the importance of implementing a hybrid IT strategy H
ybrid IT solutions are becoming a widely accepted essential for an organisation’s digital transformation.
Despite its necessity, many organisations lack confi dence in implementing a hybrid IT infrastructure across their premises, cloud, edge and software as a service (SaaS) settings. However, digital transformation is no longer just a wish, but an absolute for organisations in all industries looking to improve their operational effi ciency. The greater business need for data control, the cost eff ectiveness of cloud-based services and the need for greater fl exibility have driven many organisations towards a hybrid IT infrastructure.
Defining “hybrid” A hybrid IT infrastructure is a combination of cloud, edge and on- premise applications and data centres. A company’s enterprise systems and applications are used across any of these layers of infrastructure, depending on which environment yields the greatest performance and effi ciency. Hybrid IT has emerged as a result of multifaceted technological development. According to market analysis fi rm Gartner, by 2025 over half of IT spending in application software, infrastructure software, business process services and system infrastructure will shift to cloud- based technologies. An ever-growing range of cloud-based applications means that even the smallest of organisations is likely to use some form of SaaS – be it for anything from sales to asset management or quality control.
It’s important not to confuse hybrid IT with hybrid cloud, which exclusively blends private and public cloud services, but doesn’t include other elements like data centres or on-premise infrastructure. Hybrid IT doesn’t just relate to the infrastructure itself, it’s an entire strategy that encapsulates hybrid collaboration, user experience, device compatibility and data formatting.
30 April 2023 | Automation
The best of all worlds Adopting a hybrid IT infrastructure can bring many benefi ts compared to an entirely cloud or entirely on-premise infrastructure. The key benefi ts of hybrid centre are elevated integration and system interoperability. Business platforms supplier Mulesoft’s issued a “2022 Connectivity Benchmark Report”, where it states that nearly 90% of organisations have been slowed down in their digital transformation initiatives due to integration challenges. By adopting a hybrid IT strategy, it’s possible for organisations to avoid the complex task of migrating legacy systems and applications to their new cloud- based “twin”. It also creates a stable IT environment where cloud, edge, on-premise and data centre environments can be used in harmony, each for the application they’re optimised for. With remote working now becoming
more permanent, it’s also worth considering if a company wants to adopt a bring your own device (BYOD) policy, and if so, how to make certain applications available on external devices. In each of these scenarios, a hybrid IT system is the enabler of successful deployment.
Hybrid first
It’s possible to elevate hybrid IT infrastructure even further, to unlock a more seamless digital transformation by adopting not just a hybrid, but a hybrid-fi rst IT strategy. A comprehensive
hybrid IT strategy doesn’t just facilitate interoperability and integration of diff erent systems, but actually optimises the entire system by taking the benefi ts of each environment to maximise system effi ciency and functionality. In contrast to just hybrid, a hybrid-fi rst IT
infrastructure doesn’t just involve piecing together diff erent IT environments and hoping for the best, it’s about designing a comprehensive system specifi cally for hybrid use. To support organisations looking to implement a hybrid-fi rst strategy, Crosser off ers a hybrid integration solution that gives organisations the full fl exibility to deploy data processing nodes on-premise, at the edge, in the cloud and at a data center simultaneously – all within the same universal platform. Once deployed, the Crosser platform acts as a centralised location for all an organisation’s data processing and analysis needs. By implementing a hybrid-fi rst IT strategy,
organisations can create a bespoke blend of IT infrastructure to suit their own priorities – be it effi ciency, automation, cost savings, simplicity or overall user experience. By taking the benefi ts of each environment, businesses can create a system designed specifi cally for hybrid integration, unlocking the benefi ts of all IT options.
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www.crosser.io
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