Balancing Hybrid Storage Technology as Part of a Hybrid Cloud Data Management Strategy

The flexibility, automation and dynamic scalability introduced by the cloud delivery model more than a decade ago has changed IT for the better; as a result, the adoption of hybrid infrastructure, both on-premises and off, is rapidly becoming the norm for business IT in every vertical market. A well-crafted approach to hybrid cloud offers IT professionals the freedom of choice to host applications and data on an ever-growing number of public and private platforms. However, that freedom also introduces a substantial amount of complexity when it comes to making intelligent decisions about how to best balance the use of on- and off-premises services and resources to ensure sufficient availability, scalability, performance, governance, security, protection and cost control.

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