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1. What the future holds for the Hybrid Cloud?
Many companies have readily accepted the cloud as the way forward. Organizations already
having a private or public cloud solution(s) have started to realize the importance of having the
best of both worlds. Not only, do they want to save costs through pay-as-you-go pricing models
(public cloud), but they also want a higher security for mission-critical applications (private
cloud). Brings us to the question, what the acceptance of a hybrid cloud model mean for
business enterprises in future?
Though, it will take some more time for companies to shift critical workloads to the hybrid cloud
environment, future trends clearly indicate a preference for hybrid cloud computing. In fact,
Gartner has predicted that almost 50% of the larger organizations will have embraced hybrid
cloud models by the end of 2017.
IDG Research surveyed IT and business executives about the importance of digital
transformation, its goals, and how to achieve them, and found that hybrid cloud computing,
including two or more of a data center, a public cloud, a private cloud and a managed private
cloud, is the future of enterprise IT. While 83 percent use or will use hybrid cloud environments,

2. 88 percent believe hybrid capabilities are important or critical to enabling digital business
transformation.
Starting with a private cloud model for their IT infrastructure, enterprises have kept their
options open for the future. For instance, a business enterprise decides to kick-start a pilot
testing/development project on a robust technology foundation that provides room for
expanding towards hybrid cloud interoperability.
Having said that, let us take a look at current and emerging trends and see why hybrid cloud
computing is the future of IT.
The Key Benefits Of A Hybrid Cloud
One of the key benefits of a hybrid cloud is provisioning at a lower cost and high speed (as and
when required functionality of the public cloud component). However, without proper
management of provisioning and de-provisioning cycles, the cost element can rise significantly.
A properly configured hybrid cloud solution changes the conversation between IT and the
business as it shortens timeframes and expands possibilities.
“Enterprises that run significant workloads in hybrid environments find IT cost savings, which
allows funds to be redirected to improve business outcomes, and are more likely to be ahead of
their competitors in digital-ready infrastructure and digital business transformation. The
average reduction in IT cost from hybrid cloud is 24 percent, according to the IDG study.”
Big Data And IoT
Data collection and data management happen at various levels in a business. The Internet of
Things (IoT) and Big Data poses major data management challenges for the IT department of
any organization. Here, the hybrid cloud model can prove to be a real asset in fulfilling the
demand for continuous data access, improved bandwidth, higher data storage, and better data
computation abilities.

3. Time = Money
Business enterprises not keen on outsourcing spend huge amounts of money and time in the
management of resources and services…in-house. Outsourcing the management of resources,
infrastructure and support to third party cloud service providers can free up the enterprises’
internal resources to focus more on business specific issues. Agility to respond to changing
business requirements is a key factor in speeding up the delivery of core technology services.
The hybrid cloud environment offers this ability, along with a good balance between resources
managed on-premise and by outsourced service providers. It goes a long way to help enterprises
save on time, money and in-house resources with an improved focus on the delivery of actual
business value instead of IT services or infrastructure.
How Quickly Are Enterprises Moving To A Hybrid Cloud
Platform…
Enterprises are slowly recognizing the fact that there is a difference between private cloud and
public cloud. Private cloud can also be described, as mass virtualization of resources and this is
the primary reason for many private cloud implementations not meeting their desired goals.
Enterprises are turning to hybrid cloud, as a result, where they get a combination of private and
the public model that enables them to innovate and iterate faster at a lower cost.
…And Are They Satisfied With A Hybrid Model
Using a private or public cloud is easy; however, mixing them to deliver a service can become
challenging. For operating a hybrid cloud model, application, integration, and data architectures
need to be revisited, sometimes tweaked, while other times overhauled. New tools for
deployment, monitoring, and management are required. Additionally, IT teams must develop
new skills to collaborate more closely. And beyond the technology stack, there are still tough
lessons to be learned in compliance, operational support, and financial management.
The Future – What Does It Hold For Hybrid Clouds

4. Hybrid clouds are a stepping-stone in the transition of IT from a technology provider to a
solution provider. With a hybrid cloud, companies can enjoy the privacy of a private cloud and
the scalability and flexibility of a public cloud environment. Though there will be challenges and
roadblocks, enterprises will be more open to adopting a public cloud – driven not only because
of economic benefits and shared resources but also because of the flexibility and freedom to
choose between multiple vendors. Cloud-dependent technologies, such as Internet of Things
(IoT), real-time analytics, and collaboration, will continue to evolve the end-customer
relationship, which in turn will require public cloud solutions to meet scale and time-to-market-
challenges.
The stakes are high, as those who figure it out first will gain a significant advantage in agility,
efficiency, and elasticity unshared by their market rivals. Now is the time to start plotting the
path to the future and to move up the cloud learning curve.
About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to
optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises.
These offerings are backed by the company’s worldwide infrastructure, including the leading
global tier-1 IP network, the Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching 196
countries/regions, and 140 secure data centers worldwide. NTT Communications’ solutions
leverage the global resources of NTT Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT
DOCOMO and NTT DATA.
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About Netmagic Solutions (An NTT Communications Company)
Netmagic, an NTT Communications company, is India’s leading Managed Hosting and Cloud
Service Provider, with 9 carrier-neutral, state-of-the-art data centers and serving more than
1500 enterprises globally. A pioneer in the Indian IT Infrastructure services space - it was the
first to launch services such as Cloud Computing, Managed Security, Disaster Recovery-as-a-
Service and Software-Defined Storage. Netmagic, also delivers Remote Infrastructure
Management services to NTT Communications’ customers across Americas, Europe and Asia-

5. Pacific region. Recipient of several industry accolades, Netmagic was recently chosen by Frost &
Sullivan for both Third Party Data Center Service Provider of the year and Infrastructure as a
Service Provider of the year at India ICT Awards 2015.
Netmagic is the first cloud service provider in India and in the world, to receive the CSA STAR
certification for Cloud Capability Maturity Model (CCM) version 3.0.1, an industry benchmark
for the specific security requirements of multi-tenant service providers. Besides this, Netmagic
is also empanelled as an IT Security Auditing Organization with CERT-In (Indian Computer
Emergency Response Team).
NTT Communications, world’s largest data center company, has over 140 data centers globally.
NTT Communications is a part of NTT Corporation, Japan – which is ranked 53rd on Fortune
Global 500 list (2014) with annual turnover of USD 112 Bn. With 240,000 professionals in 79
countries, NTT Corporation is the only global partner that supports clients with an integrated
perspective across applications, infrastructure and network.
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