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AN OPTIMAL HYBRID CLOUD ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES THE CONSISTENCY THEY NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FULL FLEXIBILITY OF MULTIPLE CLOUDS , WHETHER PRIVATE OR PUBLIC .
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New report illustrates need for hybrid cloud solution enabling consistent operations across multiple clouds

A new report from Nutanix shows that businesses need the flexibility to use multiple clouds but are hindered by the lack of consistent operations . sizes and geographies in the Americas ; Europe , the Middle East , Africa ( EMEA ) and Asia Pacific and Japan ( APJ ) regions . Businesses are looking for flexibility .

Nutanix , a leader in enterprise cloud computing , has announced findings of a new report analysing key challenges and opportunities with hybrid cloud adoption .

While most see hybrid cloud as the ideal IT model , the report showed that many struggle to adopt it – with 70 % of organisations believing that their transformation is taking longer than expected .
However , the goal is clear : nearly all respondents ( 95 %) think their organisation would benefit from an optimal hybrid implementation providing consistent IT constructs and operations across multiple clouds , eliminating many of the challenges they currently face ranging from operational silos to staffing shortages .
As businesses everywhere struggle to adapt to a new reality , one thing is becoming even clearer : flexibility is crucial to business success . clouds to dramatically simplify the ability to move applications and data to the most appropriate cloud environment .
The report , commissioned by Nutanix and created by independent market research firm , Vanson Bourne , analysed key challenges businesses are currently facing when managing both public and private cloud infrastructures .
The company surveyed 650 IT decisionmakers from multiple industries , business
It ’ s no longer a choice between private and public or between different public cloud providers . Organisations need a solution providing consistent experience , tooling and operational practices across multiple clouds to address many of the challenges and operational inefficiencies they ’ re currently facing .
An optimal hybrid cloud environment provides the consistency they need to take advantage of the full flexibility of multiple clouds , whether private or public . •
Whether enterprises need to leverage public cloud to deliver remote desktops quickly , consolidate Disaster Recovery sites , move workloads to a private cloud to stave off public cloud capacity concerns or take advantage of on-demand capacity bursting , the current global situation has emphasised the need for an adaptable IT infrastructure for many businesses .
But flexibility no longer means using both public and private clouds – it means having a consistent experience , tooling and operational practices across multiple

AN OPTIMAL HYBRID CLOUD ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES THE CONSISTENCY THEY NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FULL FLEXIBILITY OF MULTIPLE CLOUDS , WHETHER PRIVATE OR PUBLIC .

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