Again, if you study the history of IT
this should come as no surprise. Trends
and technologies emerge, but that’s
rarely the signal to get rid of everything
that you have. Thirty years ago, pundits
were saying the mainframe is a dinosaur
that would disappear because of client/
server architecture, but the mainframe
is still here.
So, what we see is a hybrid approach
where multiple cloud platforms are
deployed but companies also maintain
some IT on premises and often in the
facilities of colocation providers and
outsourcers. It’s therefore incumbent
on companies like Nutanix to support all
those models.
Having a variegated approach where
different categories of IT service run
on different platforms makes tactical
sense. It also means that CIOs avoid
locking themselves in to certain vendors
and platforms, giving them maximum
bargaining power and adaptability. In
short, it provides that most prized of
modern business qualities – agility.
certain IT platforms
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ant to keep that
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, the public cloud
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ost have some
estment and
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ays to make all
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I’m tempted to argue that if the Rolling
Stones were to re-record ‘Get off my
cloud’ for the current IT generation, they
might have to call to something like ‘Get
off my cloud, stay on it, choose another
cloud or, even better, enjoy a combination
of approaches. . . .’
WHAT WE SEE
NOW IS AN
ADJUSTMENT
TO A MORE
CENTRIST
POSITION:
PEOPLE WANT
CERTAIN IT
PLATFORMS TO
MATCH CERTAIN
USE CASES.
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