Hybridization Has the Potential to Change the Economics of Cloud Computing
Grazed from Tmcnet. Author: Laura Stotler.
I recently got the opportunity to interview Simon Withers, vice president of Global Cloud Product at Sungard Availability. His company, which has been in the managed IT services business for more than 30 years, has seen massive growth in the private cloud services space over the last couple of years, which isn’t surprising. What may be a game changer, however, is the rapid hybridization that is occurring in the cloud computing economy as organizations begin to understand the benefits of blending public and private infrastructure.
Withers said that hybridization is occurring across a number of infrastructure levels, and customers are rapidly realizing the importance of combining the security and customization of the private cloud with the cost savings and efficiencies of public cloud infrastructure. “What we are seeing at Sungard Availability Services is high growth in private services,” said Withers. “Ironically, at the same time, the majority of our managed cloud implementations are hybrid IT with increasing prevalence in the last twenty-four months.”…
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