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While as a whole the public cloud has been
extremely secure, other external trends have
emerged which make public safeguarding
incredibly complex. With the constant
integration of new platforms, more people
across the world are continuously trying to
access data for various uses.
This has resulted in a security gap and
multiple cases of shadow IT and rogue
DevOps coming to a head. To move forward,
organisations must focus on putting controls
in place to manage and monitor their data
at all times. Because in the end, if you can
see your data, you can trust that it is secure
regardless of the environment you are
operating in. On one hand, organisations
must implement defined policies that specify
what data can live where and who can touch
capacity to intelligently monitor and
manage all IT environments at scale.
The key to managing these complex
environments is to integrate the data
fabric – a set of data services that provide
consistent capabilities across a choice of
endpoints – with AIOps, the application
of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine
Learning (ML) to automate the identification
and resolution of operational issues. These
can include security and governance risks,
poor system performance, as well as general
and unexpected errors. Dissimilar to some
AI integrations, AIOps is fully intelligent and
capable of analysing and creating action
without human interference. According to
recent Gartner predictions, it’s estimated
that 30% of large enterprises will use AIOps
complete agility. For most, this results in an
inability to adapt and leverage innovation
in a multi-cloud environment. Because using
Kubernetes is considered ‘cloud agnostic’,
organisations can avoid this and move from
one cloud to another without negative
consequences for IT and business processes.
By taking this approach, the CIO and IT team
can showcase the ability to achieve true
application portability, ultimately addressing
the economic factors and complexity
concerns that hinder modern DevOps.
In the end, there is simply no other way to
be flexible while mixing on-premise and
off-premise than through a comprehensive
data fabric strategy. Taking this approach
enables organisations to pursue innovation
while seamlessly shifting workloads and
preventing cloud vendor lock-in.
Fortunately, the technology side of multi-
cloud is becoming easier; the next step and
the next crucial differentiator is about the
experience. Moving forward, organisations
must ensure that the management of
the hybrid multi-cloud world is as easy as
possible. To do this, they must connect the
data dots, ensuring the cloud works for as
many workloads and customers as possible
– including the transparent delivery of
consumption models. Doing so will alleviate
some of the pressure on the CIO and will
allow them to focus on delivering value
and having an impact on the CEO’s overall
business goals. n
it. On the other hand, IT leaders must put the
appropriate tools in place to monitor the data,
alleviating the responsibility of wondering
whether the data is secure in the cloud.
Moving forward with AIOps
Given the increasing complexities for both
the CIO and CEO, a new approach is needed
to equip teams to view, understand and act
seamlessly across the entire infrastructure.
To ensure this occurs, automation must be
considered – in the right way. While many
organisations have made huge strides in
automating IT analytics, it still often requires
humans at the core. Though this has worked
well in the past, today’s evolved version of
the hybrid multi-cloud environment – which
consistently sends data to hundreds of data
centre touchpoints at a time – requires
a technology that goes beyond human
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and digital experience monitoring tools
exclusively by 2030 – with good reason. Not
only can AIOps help increase productivity
gains, it can create significant cost savings
and dramatically reduce downtime, which
ultimately adds up to a meaningful impact
on a business’ bottom line.
Cloud-agnostic DevOps
Another recent approach to getting the most
out of a hybrid multi-cloud environment has
been through the use of Kubernetes. Acting
as a connection between the contrasting
DevOps solutions many organisations
internally use, Kubernetes enables teams to
build a modern, simpler solution which works
across any environment.
As it stands, vendor lock-in is still considered
to be a significant barrier to innovation and
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