DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS
Security, on the other hand, remains
top-of-mind for the Chief Technology
Officer (CTO) and the broader data centre
and cloud conversation. However, it is
important to note that there is a growing
understanding of the reality of people being
the biggest threat to network security.
Whether it is a staff worker forgetting
their password on a piece of paper, or
a malicious employee sharing sensitive
data with competitors, the threat is no
greater in a managed environment than
it is on an on-premise internally managed
scenario. This is why threat intelligence
and legal strength remain crucial.
As decision makers become more
informed about the changing face of
the data centre and cloud becoming the
preferred route, managed services are
also set to be the flavour du jour.
Cloud is, of course, a managed service,
however it is left to the business to decide
how much it should manage, i.e. platform,
information or Software-as-a-Service. The
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bare minimum implementation would see
platform as a service being implemented
but as time goes on, more and more
businesses will expand the managed
services offering to include software.
Companies don’t often have the capacity
to run the data centre without technical
support, especially as Big Data creates a
vortex of ‘confusion’ for many.
With the paranoia wearing off around
security, regulation and opening up the
business’ internal network to an external
platform, businesses will be seen to focus
more on their operations and discard the
burden of IT as managed services become
more prevalent.
There is no doubt that the future will
see little to no on-premise data centres,
the only uncertainty is when that future
will be. While it is evident that there is
no blueprint to how a company should
move its data centre from premise and
into the cloud, experience has shown
that corporates are becoming more
realistic about the time it takes
to transition.
Advisory forms a fundamental role in an
organisation’s journey out of premise
and into a cloud, which means the right
partnerships are critically important. ◊
THERE IS NO
DOUBT THAT THE
FUTURE WILL
SEE LITTLE TO
NO ON-PREMISE
DATA CENTRES,
THE ONLY
UNCERTAINTY
IS WHEN THAT
FUTURE WILL BE.
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