EDITOR’S QUESTION
a range of cloud service providers. Opting
for an open networking solution gives
businesses an extra element of flexibility,
not to mention lower costs.
Interoperability is another key benefit of
utilising an open cloud. In order to remain
agile, businesses need to be able to shift
to the cloud at their own pace – all while
responding to strategic objectives. They
also don’t want the technical choices
they make today to limit them in the
future. With an open cloud, businesses
can control and run an application,
workload or data on any cloud (public,
private and hybrid) based on their
individual technical requirements.
HIREN PAREKH,
SENIOR DIRECTOR
OF CLOUD SERVICES
EMEA, OVHCLOUD
s data centre networking
continues to evolve,
so do the increasing
choices for open
networking solutions. An
open cloud environment
is an important element of an open
networking ecosystem. While there can
be challenges associated with migrating
to the cloud, the majority of companies
will ultimately make this move, whether
it’s today or in the future. Offering an
open cloud gives businesses freedom to
divide up their applications among several
providers and, importantly, choose where
their data is stored.
Furthermore, when considering data
centre modernisation, it’s important to
think of ‘open’ as not being limited to
working with open-source technologies,
but being able to offer technologies
customers need, whether they’re open-
source or industry standards.
A
With so many options, businesses today
don’t necessarily want to be locked in to
one provider. Many platforms are built on
open-source technologies like OpenStack
and Kubernetes, which are supported by
www.intelligentdatacentres.com
OPTING FOR
AN OPEN
NETWORKING
SOLUTION GIVES
BUSINESSES AN
EXTRA ELEMENT
OF FLEXIBILITY,
NOT TO MENTION
LOWER COSTS.
They also need to use existing standards
already deployed in their country.
VMware is a good example of openness
to existing standards. At OVHcloud,
we offer a flexible range of solutions
to fulfil any given workload. Ranging
from hosted private cloud based on
VMware technologies to public cloud on
OpenStack. This provides easy migration
and interoperability, which are two key
elements of data centre modernisation.
If a business is undergoing change – or
modernisation – there are a myriad of
networking solutions to help manage
that change. Cloud technology is just
one example. By embracing open
networking solutions, businesses will
be well positioned to develop and grow,
and ultimately achieve their Digital
Transformation needs.
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