Building an effective hybrid or multicloud environment requires planning. As a result, 58% of organizations have a hybrid cloud strategy, while 84% have a multicloud strategy. Even so, creating a plan that supports your organization’s objectives?—?while also defending your business and preparing you for future change?—?can be challenging. A holistic, workload-driven strategy can help you achieve these goals. When planning, you should consider:
- Data classification and storage requirements.
- Application and workload performance and security specifications.
- Overall business needs and objectives.
Effective cloud strategies typically involve implementing consistent cloud, application, and management platforms that let you deploy and manage workloads across multiple infrastructures according to performance, security, compliance, and cost requirements. It can be a daunting task, but Red Hat can help.