In the initial days of the cloud, CIOs and the enterprises they serve were quick to see its transformative power. The cloud’s magic, its ability to automate time-consuming and resource-intensive tasks while offering unprecedented and virtually unlimited compute and storage resources, quickly resulted in a cloud-first movement that resulted in the now ubiquitous hyperscale environments.
In today’s rapidly changing landscape, CIOs are far more circumspect. Businesses of all sizes and across industries – among them organizations in the energy, government, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail arenas – face a litany of challenges, among them demands for greater business agility, the need for new application-enabled services, and far more stringent compliance and data governance, sovereignty, and security requirements.
In light of these challenges, the hyperscalers – while still offering the speed and elasticity enterprises need – lack the…
