FEATURE : DATA MANAGEMENT type of data , such as customer , product , supplier and employee data . They may feel limited by out-of-date analytics platforms , computing models , and data storage systems that don ’ t give them the flexibility to adapt beyond their original assumptions about data and insights .
As a result , we are going to see more organisations rethink their data architectures to consolidate data streams and treat them as a single source . Unified data storage will help make enterprise data more easily accessible and unlock hidden connections between different types of data . As a result , organisations will be better equipped to use their data to respond to changes in their operating environment and develop new insights to grow their business .
Focus on IT that ‘ just works ’
Organisations who look to the cloud as a panacea for all of their IT infrastructure challenges will continue to be disappointed . As these companies find their cloud migrations stretch both timelines and budgets , they will increasingly look for ways to optimise IT operations in hybrid and multicloud IT architectures – not just during the transition to the cloud but on an ongoing basis .
About three out of every four global tech executives that are migrating to the cloud report that they still have a considerable amount of their workloads stored on-premises – between 30 % and 80 % – according
Matt Watts , Chief Evangelist at NetApp
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