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Manyclouds,onestrategyHowtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironmentsFrominsightstoaction,thepathtoextraordinaryvaluestartshere.每日免費(fèi)獲取報(bào)告1、每日微信群內(nèi)分享7+最新重磅報(bào)告；2、每日分享當(dāng)日華爾街日報(bào)、金融時報(bào)；3、每周分享經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人4、行研報(bào)告均為公開版，權(quán)利歸原作者所有，起點(diǎn)財(cái)經(jīng)僅分發(fā)做內(nèi)部學(xué)習(xí)。掃一掃二維碼關(guān)注公號回復(fù)：研究報(bào)告加入“起點(diǎn)財(cái)經(jīng)”微信群。。Inbrief:?Inmostcases,publiccloudaloneisn’tenough.CompanieswillcontinuetorelyonprivatecloudandtraditionalITtomeetcertainbusinessneeds.?Hybrid,multi-cloudarchitecturesareoftentheonlyoption,buttheyarecomplextosetupandoperate.?Tomanagehybridarchitectures,companiesneedtherightstrategy,therightoperatingmodel,therighttalent,therighttools,andthetransformationroadmaptogetthere.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments2There’snoone-size-?ts-allpubliccloudAfewshortyearsago,manycompanieslookedtopubliccloudasasolutiontotheirbusinessneeds.However,astheyprogressedontheircloudjourney,theyoftenfindthatadditionalcomponentsarerequired.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments3Whilemostindustryobserversanticipatethatorganizationswillstillmovethemajorityofapplicationsandworkloadsthatcanbevirtualizedtopubliccloud(withpubliccloudrepresentingupto80%ofcompanies’infrastructurefootprints)mostenterpriseshavepivotedtoahybridapproachinresponsetotheneedforamorebalancedapproach,moreoveritisexpectedthatmorethan90%oforganizationswilloptformulti-cloudarchitecturestoavoidover-relianceonasinglepublic-cloudprovider.92%78%MostenterpriseshavepivotedtoahybridapproachinresponsetotheneedforamorebalancedapproachFigure1Figure2Percentofcompaniesfollowingamulti-cloudstrategywithatleasttwoHyperscalersatstrategicpartners.1Percentoforganizationsutilizinghybridcloudmodels(publicandprivate).2FlexeraStateoftheCloudReport,20211Ibid.2Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments4Consequently,hybridcloudmodelsareoftenrequiredtomeetthefullscopeofbusinessrequirements.Forexample,organizationsmaylooktoprivatecloudorevenanon-premdatacentertoaddressregulatory/compliancerequirements.Ithasbecomeincreasinglyclearthatpubliccloudisn’tsuitableforallworkloads.It’slimitedby:??????Commercialchallenges(e.g.,licensingmodelsthatmakeituneconomicaltomigrateentirelytoahyperscaler)Technicalchallenges,suchaslatencyandperformanceforveryspeci?cworkloadsDataGravity/DataVelocity/DataSizeinsomespecialintensiveusecasesSovereignty/regulatoryconstraintsregardingwheredataisstoredEdgedeploymentscenarioswhichrequiredecentralizedinfrastructureAndinsomecases,businesscontinuityrequirementsManyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments5Recentmarkettrendsre?ectthisperspective.Theboundariesbetweenpublicandprivatecloudareblurringastheworldofcloudevolves.Thehyperscalershavemovedintotheprivate-cloudmarket,andestablishedhardwaremanufacturersarelaunchingpublic-likeconsumptionofferings.Atthesametime,hyperscalers,telcosandothersarepushingedgecomputing,whichissettogrowexponentiallyoverthenext?veyears.Infact,cloudhasevolvedintoadynamiccontinuumofcapabilities—frompublicthroughedgeandeverythinginbetweenandanumberoforganizationsareleadingthewaybyusingthecloudnotjustasasingle,staticdestination,butasafutureoperatingmodel.HybridmodelsarewellpositionedtosupportoperationsinandworkloadmigrationsthroughtheCloudContinuum.Whatdoesallofthismeanforenterprises?Itboilsdowntotwokeyrealizations:1.Formostorganizations,hybridarchitecturesaretheonlyviableoption.2.CompaniesneedaholisticstrategythatembracesthenewhybridCloudContinuum,spanningpubliccloud,privatecloudandedgecomputing.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments6De?ningtherightstrategyCloudisacriticalresource,particularlyforthosewithadesiretoexpandontheContinuum,butwhatshouldanorganization’sstrategylooklike?Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments7Thereareavarietyofconsiderationstotakeintoaccounttogetitright:?Avisionthatclearlystatesthebusinessobjectives,desiredinnovationsandfutureaspirationsaswellasidentifyingcompetitivevulnerabilities.???Acloudstrategywhichhasasystematicframeworkfordeliveringandmeasuringbusinessvaluenowandinthefuture.Aclearclassi?cationofcapabilities,todayandinthefuture,whilebuildinginenough?exibilitytoadaptovertime.Awell-consideredroadmapforthecloudjourneythatbalancesspeedandvalueandsupportstheoverallbusinessstrategyandambition.Definingacloudstrategyinvolvescarefullybalancingdiversebusinessdemands.Hybridarchitecturesareagreatwaytosatisfybusinessneedsacrossallpartsoftheorganizationwhileunlockinginnovation.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments8IntheCloudContinuum,complexityisinevitableTocaterforallbusinessrequirements,hybridarchitecturesarecomplex.Tosetoneup,organizationsneedtofindtherightcombinationofcloudservicestomeettheirdiversebusinessandtechnologicalneeds.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments9Howareyougoingtomanagethedifferenttechnologyplatforms?Howmuchwillthatcost?What’stherightoperatingmodel?Howareyougoingto?ndtherighttalent?Howwillyousetupdisasterrecovery?Inahybridworld,theanswerstoallofthesequestionsneedtobeconsideredholistically.Purposefulhybridarchitecturesaremoredif?culttoarchitect,design,build,setup,testandoperatethanpeoplehadexpected.Thisispartlybecausethescopeofcloudisexpandingrapidly,forexample,anintegratedrole-basedaccesscontrolacrosscloudsandon-premisesbecomesthenorm.Before,itwasacaseofdiscreteislands:eachcompanyhadadatacenterandacloudenvironment.Itwasprettystraightforward.Now,cloudhasbecomeacontinuumthatoffersnumerousnewopportunitiesacrossanincreasinglydistributedITlandscape.Manyorganizationsuseacentralizedcloud,adatacenter,acolocationfacility,campusareas,plussomedataandcomputeresourcesattheedge.It’saspectrumofenvironmentswhich,onceintegrated,addtoatrulyhybridestate.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments10PuttingitintoactionDe?ningtherightinfrastructurestrategytomeetbusinessneedsandmanagecomplexitycanbeaccomplishedbyfocusingon?vekeysteps:0102030405Selectingtheright“l(fā)andingzones”forapplicationsanddataDe?ningtheoptimalhybridarchitectureSetupaContinuumControlPlanetomanageandoptimizeallDe?ningthePlanningforcontinuousinnovationrightroadmapandsequenceofmigrationsenvironmentsManyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments1101De?ningandselectingtherightlandingzonesOncecompanieshaveclearlyestablishedthebusinessprioritiesthatwilldrivetheircloudstrategy,thenextstepisworkingoutthearchitectureneededtosupportit.We’veestablishedasetofcriteriatohelporganizationsdefinetherighttargetenvironmentsandthenselecttheappropriatetargetforeachoftheirapplications—referredtoas“l(fā)andingzones”.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments12Alandingzoneisaclient-speci?ccon?gurationwithinacloud,whichcanbeoptimizedfordifferentpurposes(likelicensecostofadatabaseorusabilityfordevelopers).Throughthisprocess,welookateachcompany’suniquebusinessneedsandconstraintsincludinglegacyapps,industrystandardsandregulatoryrequirements.It’simportanttorecognizethatlandingzoneswillcontinueevolvingovertime.Whatdoesthismeaninpractice?Acompany’sthree-yeartargetarchitecturemaylookdifferentfromitssix-yeartarget.Forexample,companieswithlargelegacyERPenvironmentsthatneedreplacingknowthatitwilltaketime.So,thelegacyappsmaybeinthree-yeartargetarchitecture,butnotinthesix-yearone.Anotherexample:somecompanieshavebusiness-criticalsystemssittingonmainframes.Theyneedtotaketimecarefullyplanningthatmigration(orevenbettermodernization)toavoiddisruption.Thesweetspot?Keepingthecloudlandingzonestrategyassimpleaspossible,whileensuringallbusinessneedsaremet.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments1302De?ninganoptimalhybridarchitectureTodefineanoptimalhybridarchitecturemeansintegratinglandingzonesfromoneormorepubliccloudproviders,privateclouddatacenters,co-locateddatacentersandedgecomputingzones.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments14Thisintegrationshouldbedoneonthreelevels:??First,technology.Thismeansdevelopinganintegrationlayeracrossalllandingzones.Second,processes.Thismeansaligningandintegratingprocessese.g.,theharmonizationofprovisioningandmonitoring.?Third,people.Theskillsneededtoengineer,operateandoptimizemustbemadeavailable—eitherdevelopedoracquired—andbroughttogetheracrossthewholeoftheenterprise.Integratingacrossthesethreeareasenablecompaniestodynamicallyoptimizeprice,performance,andbusinessrequirementstomeetstrategicbusinessgoals.Workingwithanexperiencedpartnercanoftenacceleratethiseffortbyleveragingtheirlibraryofhybridcloudblueprints.Forexample,Accenturehasdevelopedavastcollectionofdetailedarchitectures,technicaldesignsandhundredsofautomationandcon?gurationscriptssupportingbothchangeareas:technologyandprocess.Theseblueprintshelpjumpstartmappingofworkloadstolandingzonesandnavigatecomplexenvironmentswithcon?dence.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments1503CreatingaContinuumControlPlaneOncecompanieshaveidentifiedtheappropriatelandingzonesandplannedtheintegratedarchitecturetomeetthoserequirements,nextcomesanotherkeystrategicdecision:Creatingacontrolplanetomanagethehybridmulti-cloudarchitecture.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments16Eachenvironmentcomeswithitsownsetofmanagementtoolsbutusingallthedifferentonesprobablyisn’tagreatidea.It’seasytoendupwithITmanagementsiloesthatcanmakeitmuchhardertocontrolcost,performanceandavailability.AContinuumControlPlanehelpsorganizationsembracenewpracticesandoperatingmodels—givingthemthemeansanddisciplinetorapidlyinnovateandsupportacultureofcontinuousreinventionacrosstheCloudContinuum.Itenablesorganizationstobalancetheirneedforoperationaland?nancialstabilitywiththeirneedforrapidinnovationandagility.Thecontrolplaneaddressbothrequirements.Itembracesautomationandself-servicetoholisticallysecure,operateandgovernahybrid,multi-cloudestate(stabilize)andtooptimizeandcontinuouslyharnessinnovationacrossmultipleprivateandpubliccloudInstead,companiesshouldlookforaContinuumControlPlanethatcanhelpthemmanagetheirfullsetoflandingzonesandbeyondintotheContinuum.AContinuumControlPlaneisaholisticapproach,meaningtoolstackandprocesses,tomanagingthecloudcontinuum,orchestratingchangeanddrivinginnovation.Itallowsdevelopersandoperatorstoautomatecommontasksandwork?ows,atscale,regardlessoflocation,bybringingtogethernewprocessesandabetterintegratedsetoftools,viders(agility).Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments1704De?ningtherightroadmapandsequenceNextup?Decidinghowtoorganizethemigrationtotheoptimizedlandingzones.Consideringmultiplelandingzones,whichevolveovertime,multiplestepsmayberequiredonalong-termplanforanapplication.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments18Also,insomecases,itmakessensetolookatfamiliesofapplicationstogether–forexample,ifabusinessprocessspansthreeapplications.Occasionally,anewSoftware-as-a-Serviceofferingmayreplaceseveralsmallerapplications.Insomecases,itcanbemorecost-effectivetorethinkabusinessprocess,ratherthancustomizeasolutionto?tanexistingprocess.It’salsoimportanttoconsidertheoperatingmodel.Howareyougoingtoshiftfrommanaginghorizontallayerstowardsverticalservice-orientedmanagement?WillyouuseDevSecOps?Towhatdegree?Whichskills/peopleareyougoingtoneed?Howwillyoubuildfull-stackmanagementteams?Thesearejustsomeofthequestionstoconsider.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments1905PlanningforcontinuousinnovationYourbusinessdoesn’tstandstill.NeithershouldyourIT.Oncecompanieshavereachedtheirtargetstate,theycancontinuouslyharnessnewinnovationsfrommultipleprivate-andpublic-cloudproviders.Thismeansconstantlyre-engineeringinfrastructuretomaintainalignmenttothebusinessasstrategicgoalsshiftandnewtechnologiesareintroducedtotheestate.Withthissaid,a“targetstate”isnotde?nedbyatechnologystack,butbytheresilienceofyourprocessesandtheadaptivenessofyourpeopletocontinuouslyevolvewithintheCloudContinuum.WithaContinuumControlPlaneyoubuildasolidfoundationforthisevolutionwithouthavingtoreengineertimeandagain,whenanewcloudservicecomesalong.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments20EmbracinghybridasthepathforwardMoreandmoreorganizationsarerecognizingthathybridarchitecturesaretherightoptiontomeettheirdiversebusinessneedstodayandtomorrow.So,thequestionbecomesnotwhethertouseahybridarchitecture,buthowtoconsciouslybuildandsuccessfullymanageone.Bynature,hybridarchitecturesarecomplex.It’svitaltokeepthemassimpleaspossible,andplanhowtomanagecomplexityratherthanneglectingitexists.Thiswillkeepthebusinesssecure,leanandagile.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments21AbouttheauthorMichaelHeyenManagingDirector–GlobalPracticeLeadHybridCloudMichaelhasextensiveexperienceoncloudandinfrastructuretransformationsacrossthefullCloudContinuumandispartofthegloballeadershipteam.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments22References1

FlexeraStateoftheCloudReport,2021.https://info.?/CM-REPORT-State-of-the-Cloud2

Ibid.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments23AboutAccentureAboutAccentureResearchAccentureisaglobalprofessionalservi