Sifting through an explosion of choice to build the right cloud infrastructure for you

August 7, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from CloudTech.  Author: Martin Cooper.

When it comes to deploying IT infrastructure, selecting the right model is crucial. Fundamental to this decision, IT departments must make sense of the options available to them and understand their strengths and weaknesses.
 
But this isn’t as simple as deciding which model is better. It’s about understanding which model is right for the business — right now and into the future. With such a variety of models (as well as vendors) to choose from though, this can be a challenge for companies of all sizes to figure out…

 
An explosion of choice
 

There are roughly five different infrastructure consumption models that organisations can choose from. These range from ‘off the peg’ options such as as-a-service and hyper converged, to the middle ground of converged infrastructure,  to the more complex and tailored best of breed solutions and commodity hardware running management software. But although you’d think it relatively easy for a company to choose the one that suits them best – there are only five after all – when combined with trends around public, private and hybrid clouds, it can be rather difficult. All models offer a balance of benefits and challenges…

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