The Hybrid Cloud Tug of War Gets Real

Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 2 p.m.

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It looks like Hybrid cloud is finally here. We\\u2019ve seen a decade of posturing, marketecture, slideware and narrow examples but there\\u2019s little question that the definition of cloud is expanding to include on-premises workloads in hybrid models. Depending on which numbers you choose to represent IT spending, public cloud accounts for less than 5% of the total pie. As such there\\u2019s a huge opportunity in hybrid, outside of the pure public cloud; and everyone wants a piece of the action.\\xa0

The big question is how will this now evolve? Customers want control, governance, security, flexibility and a feature-rich set of services to build their digital businesses. It\\u2019s unlikely they can buy all that \\u2013 so they\\u2019re going to have to build it with partners. Specifically vendors, SIs, consultancies, and their own developers. The tug-of-war to win the new cloud day has finally started in earnest \\u2013 between the hyperscalers and the largest enterprise tech companies in the world.

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