In today's fast-paced digital landscape, businesses are increasingly turning to hybrid cloud solutions to balance the benefits of both on-premises and cloud environments. At Inde Technology, we understand the complexities involved in making these decisions and are here to guide you through the process. Partnering with our customers on their cloud journeys, we’re able to help support you as you navigate the hybrid cloud journey to achieve optimal outcomes for your organisation.
Every customer is on their own journey with their own specific requirements to meet their business goals – fortunately here at Inde we have an array of technically-led, customer driven experts that are here to help you navigate this journey, identifying what your requirements and needs are and how best to set up your Cloud infrastructure.
What to keep where?
In some cases, certain applications and data are best kept on-premises due to their specific requirements. For instance, legacy applications that demand low latency might suffer if hosted in distant data centers. If you're based in the South Island, relying on data centers in Wellington or Auckland could result in unacceptable latency, leading to poor user experience, leading to complaints about slow performance.
In such instances, adopting a hybrid cloud strategy proves highly advantageous, enabling organisations to retain essential applications on-site while simultaneously utilising cloud resources for other operational needs. Sectors such as logistics, healthcare, and manufacturing inherently require proximity between hardware and operational processes. Master control terminals at ports, critical medical devices, and production machinery demand uninterrupted functionality, making on-premises solutions imperative.
By effectively managing and maintaining this necessary hardware, organisations can ensure seamless operations without the burden of extensive physical infrastructure. Inde can alleviate the operational strain on on-site teams, allowing them to focus their efforts on more mission-critical IT responsibilities, thereby enhancing overall efficiency and productivity within the organisation.
The value of Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid cloud solutions offer a reduced physical footprint and the flexibility to keep critical data and applications local. For example, some of our education sector customers have significant investments in existing hardware and prefer to avoid the high costs associated with moving everything to the public cloud. Research data, which needs to be maintained for many years, can be prohibitively expensive to store in the public cloud. It’s important to strike the right balance, ensuring cost-effective and efficient data management. Inde’s depth of knowledge in this area helps to ensure you’re setup for success.
One of the key considerations for hybrid cloud adoption is governance and data residency. Managing and maintaining infrastructure across both on-premises and cloud environments requires robust governance frameworks, helping to ensure that your data remains within New Zealand and complies with local regulations. While data sovereignty might not be a primary concern, retaining data residency within the country can be crucial for compliance. It’s important to work with a service provider that has experience in setting up these frameworks, ensuring and peace of mind.
The benefits of using a hybrid cloud approach extend beyond just data residency By centralising the management plane for infrastructure that resides in the cloud and on-premises, organisations can streamline their operations and apply consistent governance policies from a single point of control. This allows them to ensure that their entire infrastructure, regardless of its location, is compliant with internal and external regulations. Instead of having to manage multiple solutions to confirm compliance, a hybrid cloud model enables a unified approach to infrastructure management and governance, increasing efficiency and reducing the risk of non-compliance.
Evaluating your existing IT infrastructure
Our cloud architecture review service is designed to evaluate your existing IT infrastructure and provide tailored recommendations and policies. We can do a full overview of your current setup, or for those just starting out on this journey, we can offer a more scalable service that can be broken down into bite-size pieces by focussing on addressing your biggest pain points, whether it's storage, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), or aligning with the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) pillars: reliability, cost optimisation, operational excellence, performance efficiency, and security.
Security is a critical aspect of any cloud strategy and with our specialist teams, we can provide specific security recommendations to ensure your hybrid cloud environment is robust and protected against threats.
Experience speaks volumes
Inde offers a large amount of experience in this area, having successfully assisted numerous organisations in their hybrid cloud journeys. From agricultural customers to education, logistics to building and everything in between, our expertise has helped our customers achieve their cloud goals while maintaining operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
As the name suggests, ‘Inde’ stands for ‘Inde-pendent’, meaning that we work with you to find the right solution as we are not specifically aligned with any one specific provider. Choosing the right cloud service provider (CSP) and adopting a hybrid cloud strategy can be daunting, but Inde’s goal to partner with you and be by your side, means you can make informed decisions that align with your business needs.
Whether it's keeping critical applications on-premises, managing governance, or optimising your cloud architecture, we're here to help you every step of the way. Let’s embrace the future of IT with confidence and guide you towards a successful hybrid cloud implementation. Contact us today!
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