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How to Successfully Leverage the Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid Clouds are capable of bridging private and public clouds together to form an elastic pool of compute, network and storage resources. This has proven beneficial to many organizations who want to leverage existing infrastructures with secure and flexible public infrastructures.
Hybrid clouds essentially extend existing private datacenters into the public cloud – Allowing business to spin up new systems and migrate systems into a cloud service provider as needed.
Common Hybrid Cloud Use Cases:
Capital Savings – Replacing Legacy Systems:
Replacing outdated systems is an expensive and complicated task. We see many companies replacing their legacy systems with newer and scalable infrastructures public cloud providers are able to offer. Many companies have used this approach as a way to reduce overall cost and risk associated with deploying new infrastructure.
Keeping the Lights on – Maintenance Activities:
Performing system and facility maintenance tasks no longer mandates long maintenance windows or the risk of significant down time. By migrating systems or entire datacenters into a public cloud datacenter, like First National Technology Solutions (FNTS), customers can safely perform maintenance-related tasks without significant disruption to the business.
Disaster Recovery:
Many business leverage hybrid cloud infrastructures to support Business Continuity plans. A perfect time to migrate systems to Omaha, NE is when a hurricane heading towards your datacenter – Not after it’s already struck.
Development Validation – Application Test Beds:
Testing prototype applications or validating upgrades can put a strain on existing platforms. Businesses are now validating application\system design concepts on public could infrastructures, before investing capital into new resources.
System Augmentation – Month-End Processing:
Over-designing systems to support short-term end-of-month processing along with other maintenance tasks is expensive and wasteful. Companies can leverage the public cloud in order to spin up additional resources and\or move complete systems to cloud providers capable of meeting fluctuating workloads.
These are but a few examples of how companies have embraced the use of Hybrid Clouds. Whether you are looking at moving entire datacenters into the cloud or just a small part, you should be to evaluating your options. Give us a call and we can custom design a solution that meets your needs.
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John Bowling:
John has been working in the industry since joining the U.S. Air Force back in the early 90’s. Since that time, John has earned a Bachelor’s degree in Managements of Information Systems from Bellevue University and has earned several industry certifications related to Storage and Virtualization technologies. One of his favorite vacation destinations is renting a cabin along Fall River in Estes Park, Colorado with his family. John labels himself a “Rock Hound Enthusiast,” for his avid love of geology. He even has an online rock and mineral store that can be found here: www.rockonomaha.com.
Cloud Technology – Blog Series Part 1
The term cloud computing has been repeatedly used in both the business and consumer world. It is important to define the term in order to fully understand how the business community utilizes the technology, providing clarity and strategy, resulting in the transformation of IT infrastructures everywhere.
Cloud technology is not new and neither is the technology that powers the cloud but the ways in which it is defined, used and interpreted has come full circle. Cloud technology is used by startups and Fortune 500 companies in various ways and with the advancement of technology it is creating a demand on cloud providers. The convenience, speed, agility and price are allowing companies of every size to find the right solution, and cloud provider for their unique way of doing business.
“Cloud technology changes the way companies do business by allowing them to deliver IT infrastructure faster and be more elastic with their IT infrastructure capacity, resulting in lower costs and the ability to advance past their competition.”
Cloud computing is a vision companies use to make their technology work for them in ways never thought possible. Virtualization technology is enhancing time to market, cutting costs, using the best of breed hardware and proving as an efficient way to move, store and backup large amounts of data and meet strict compliance and regulatory standards. To help make the vision a reality and turn strategy into a competitive advantage, understanding the various cloud offerings, knowing how to choose a cloud provider and reaping the benefits of cloud technology are the first steps in turning your IT infrastructure from a foundation to an evolving, cost cutting business component that can propel you past your competitors and solidify your very existence for the future.
Put cloud technology to work for you – download the whitepaper now! http://info.fnts.com/enterprise-cloud-computing-1
Kim Whittaker is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing and is responsible for attracting, developing, and retaining client relationships nationwide. Kim has been with First National Technology Solutions since 1996. Look for Kim to share her extensive knowledge to help identify solutions to meet the technical challenges facing mid-size businesses today If there is a trend or a new technology to help a business succeed Kim is your expert. Kim graduated from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln with a degree in Marketing and Finance. She has her MBA from the University of Nebraska – Omaha, making her a Nebraska girl and a Husker fan at heart. In addition to rooting for the Huskers, you can find Kim spending time with her family, and on the golf course. FORE!
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