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Manyclouds,onestrategyHowtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironmentsFrominsightstoaction,thepathtoextraordinaryvaluestartshere.每日免费获取报告1、每日微信群内分享7+最新重磅报告；2、每日分享当日华尔街日报、金融时报；3、每周分享经济学人4、行研报告均为公开版，权利归原作者所有，起点财经仅分发做内部学习。扫一扫二维码关注公号回复：研究报告加入“起点财经”微信群。。Inbrief:•Inmostcases,publiccloudaloneisn’tenough.CompanieswillcontinuetorelyonprivatecloudandtraditionalITtomeetcertainbusinessneeds.•Hybrid,multi-cloudarchitecturesareoftentheonlyoption,buttheyarecomplextosetupandoperate.•Tomanagehybridarchitectures,companiesneedtherightstrategy,therightoperatingmodel,therighttalent,therighttools,andthetransformationroadmaptogetthere.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments2There’snoone-size-fits-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,suchaslatencyandperformanceforveryspecificworkloadsDataGravity/DataVelocity/DataSizeinsomespecialintensiveusecasesSovereignty/regulatoryconstraintsregardingwheredataisstoredEdgedeploymentscenarioswhichrequiredecentralizedinfrastructureAndinsomecases,businesscontinuityrequirementsManyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments5Recentmarkettrendsreflectthisperspective.Theboundariesbetweenpublicandprivatecloudareblurringastheworldofcloudevolves.Thehyperscalershavemovedintotheprivate-cloudmarket,andestablishedhardwaremanufacturersarelaunchingpublic-likeconsumptionofferings.Atthesametime,hyperscalers,telcosandothersarepushingedgecomputing,whichissettogrowexponentiallyoverthenextfiveyears.Infact,cloudhasevolvedintoadynamiccontinuumofcapabilities—frompublicthroughedgeandeverythinginbetweenandanumberoforganizationsareleadingthewaybyusingthecloudnotjustasasingle,staticdestination,butasafutureoperatingmodel.HybridmodelsarewellpositionedtosupportoperationsinandworkloadmigrationsthroughtheCloudContinuum.Whatdoesallofthismeanforenterprises?Itboilsdowntotwokeyrealizations:1.Formostorganizations,hybridarchitecturesaretheonlyviableoption.2.CompaniesneedaholisticstrategythatembracesthenewhybridCloudContinuum,spanningpubliccloud,privatecloudandedgecomputing.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments6DefiningtherightstrategyCloudisacriticalresource,particularlyforthosewithadesiretoexpandontheContinuum,butwhatshouldanorganization’sstrategylooklike?Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments7Thereareavarietyofconsiderationstotakeintoaccounttogetitright:•Avisionthatclearlystatesthebusinessobjectives,desiredinnovationsandfutureaspirationsaswellasidentifyingcompetitivevulnerabilities.•••Acloudstrategywhichhasasystematicframeworkfordeliveringandmeasuringbusinessvaluenowandinthefuture.Aclearclassificationofcapabilities,todayandinthefuture,whilebuildinginenoughflexibilitytoadaptovertime.Awell-consideredroadmapforthecloudjourneythatbalancesspeedandvalueandsupportstheoverallbusinessstrategyandambition.Definingacloudstrategyinvolvescarefullybalancingdiversebusinessdemands.Hybridarchitecturesareagreatwaytosatisfybusinessneedsacrossallpartsoftheorganizationwhileunlockinginnovation.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments8IntheCloudContinuum,complexityisinevitableTocaterforallbusinessrequirements,hybridarchitecturesarecomplex.Tosetoneup,organizationsneedtofindtherightcombinationofcloudservicestomeettheirdiversebusinessandtechnologicalneeds.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments9Howareyougoingtomanagethedifferenttechnologyplatforms?Howmuchwillthatcost?What’stherightoperatingmodel?Howareyougoingtofindtherighttalent?Howwillyousetupdisasterrecovery?Inahybridworld,theanswerstoallofthesequestionsneedtobeconsideredholistically.Purposefulhybridarchitecturesaremoredifficulttoarchitect,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:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments10PuttingitintoactionDefiningtherightinfrastructurestrategytomeetbusinessneedsandmanagecomplexitycanbeaccomplishedbyfocusingonfivekeysteps:0102030405Selectingtheright“landingzones”forapplicationsanddataDefiningtheoptimalhybridarchitectureSetupaContinuumControlPlanetomanageandoptimizeallDefiningthePlanningforcontinuousinnovationrightroadmapandsequenceofmigrationsenvironmentsManyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments1101DefiningandselectingtherightlandingzonesOncecompanieshaveclearlyestablishedthebusinessprioritiesthatwilldrivetheircloudstrategy,thenextstepisworkingoutthearchitectureneededtosupportit.We’veestablishedasetofcriteriatohelporganizationsdefinetherighttargetenvironmentsandthenselecttheappropriatetargetforeachoftheirapplications—referredtoas“landingzones”.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments12Alandingzoneisaclient-specificconfigurationwithinacloud,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:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments1302DefininganoptimalhybridarchitectureTodefineanoptimalhybridarchitecturemeansintegratinglandingzonesfromoneormorepubliccloudproviders,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,technicaldesignsandhundredsofautomationandconfigurationscriptssupportingbothchangeareas:technologyandprocess.Theseblueprintshelpjumpstartmappingofworkloadstolandingzonesandnavigatecomplexenvironmentswithconfidence.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments1503CreatingaContinuumControlPlaneOncecompanieshaveidentifiedtheappropriatelandingzonesandplannedtheintegratedarchitecturetomeetthoserequirements,nextcomesanotherkeystrategicdecision:Creatingacontrolplanetomanagethehybridmulti-cloudarchitecture.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments16Eachenvironmentcomeswithitsownsetofmanagementtoolsbutusingallthedifferentonesprobablyisn’tagreatidea.It’seasytoendupwithITmanagementsiloesthatcanmakeitmuchhardertocontrolcost,performanceandavailability.AContinuumControlPlanehelpsorganizationsembracenewpracticesandoperatingmodels—givingthemthemeansanddisciplinetorapidlyinnovateandsupportacultureofcontinuousreinventionacrosstheCloudContinuum.Itenablesorganizationstobalancetheirneedforoperationalandfinancialstabilitywiththeirneedforrapidinnovationandagility.Thecontrolplaneaddressbothrequirements.Itembracesautomationandself-servicetoholisticallysecure,operateandgovernahybrid,multi-cloudestate(stabilize)andtooptimizeandcontinuouslyharnessinnovationacrossmultipleprivateandpubliccloudInstead,companiesshouldlookforaContinuumControlPlanethatcanhelpthemmanagetheirfullsetoflandingzonesandbeyondintotheContinuum.AContinuumControlPlaneisaholisticapproach,meaningtoolstackandprocesses,tomanagingthecloudcontinuum,orchestratingchangeanddrivinginnovation.Itallowsdevelopersandoperatorstoautomatecommontasksandworkflows,atscale,regardlessoflocation,bybringingtogethernewprocessesandabetterintegratedsetoftools,viders(agility).Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments1704DefiningtherightroadmapandsequenceNextup?Decidinghowtoorganizethemigrationtotheoptimizedlandingzones.Consideringmultiplelandingzones,whichevolveovertime,multiplestepsmayberequiredonalong-termplanforanapplication.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments18Also,insomecases,itmakessensetolookatfamiliesofapplicationstogether–forexample,ifabusinessprocessspansthreeapplications.Occasionally,anewSoftware-as-a-Serviceofferingmayreplaceseveralsmallerapplications.Insomecases,itcanbemorecost-effectivetorethinkabusinessprocess,ratherthancustomizeasolutiontofitanexistingprocess.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”isnotdefinedbyatechnologystack,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.fl/CM-REPORT-State-of-the-Cloud2

Ibid.Manyclouds,onestrategy:Howtounlockinnovationinhybridcloudenvironments23AboutAccentureAboutAccentureResearchAccentureisaglobalprofessionalservi