Recently, Nutanix and Market Connections conducted a survey of 150 civilian and defense decision makers in the field of information technology. The results showed that a public-only cloud computing approach is not returning the kind of results that experts were previously expecting.
For many experts, the public cloud just is not suitable for certain types of work, with the least suitable being financials (43%), custom (mission specific) applications (36%) and human resources applications (34%)
The survey also revealed that there is a reluctance to send information to the public cloud, which stems from concerns over what the transfer will do for ownership and privacy (48%), data security (71%) and unforeseen costs (17%).
The results of the survey further concluded that many of these concerns disappear if a company decides to go with a hybrid cloud over a private cloud. This is especially true when security and modernization are the focus.
Hybrid cloud platforms give companies a better ability to create individual workloads through prioritizing objectives, all while keeping applications that do not work in the public cloud out of it.
Although there are wholesale savings for moving to the public cloud (and they may speak for themselves for some companies), it’s important to know that this is not an option for everyone and it can be much more beneficial to choose a hybrid cloud approach.
The healthcare and insurance industries are experiencing this first-hand.
In fact, choosing to utilize a hybrid cloud can save a company twice as much as either the public or private cloud.