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LATEST INTELLIGENCE 5 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE YOU DELIVER YOUR APPLICATIONS TO THE CLOUD PRESENTED BY DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPERS AT: WWW.INTELLIGENTDATACENTRES. COM/WHITEPAPERS iINTRODUCTION The classic data center is gone — and it is being replaced by multi-cloud, hybrid, and container-based infrastructures. With these changes, businesses are gaining increased scalability, realizing reduced costs, and are becoming more agile in their application infrastructure. However, these changes present challenges in how businesses deliver and optimize the traffic flow for their applications. In this eBook, we’ll analyze these challenges, look at five questions to consider, and offer key tips on how to gain greater application visibility, security, automation, centralized management, and application portability. ACCORDING TO ABERDEEN RESEARCH: 33% of businesses have implemented hybrid cloud, 23% of businesses plan to in the next 12 months and 80% of businesses using the cloud have a multi-cloud strategy. How a Multi-Cloud and Microservice Infrastructure Has Transformed the Entire Application Lifecycle With 80% of today’s businesses already deploying applications in the cloud, it is now the default application infrastructure. But at most organizations, where IT was designed for on-premises application infrastructures and siloed IT roles, there are challenges around the complexity of delivering applications to hybrid and multi-cloud environments. And furthermore, there are many hurdles to overcome in delivering application traffic in a secure and reliable manner. ◊ 14 Issue 19 www.intelligentdatacentres.com