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Hybrid Multicloud Dynamics: Navigating Complexity for Optimal Results

As organizations become increasingly comfortable with a cloud operating model, many are experimenting with hybrid multicloud dynamics. They are learning firsthand that, if not managed correctly, having more clouds can mean more costs and complexity. Achieving optimal results in the cloud requires decision-makers to overcome multiple cloud complexity with hybrid multicloud sensibilities.

Key Takeaways:

Multiple cloud complexity is a result of silos that separate clouds based on their infrastructure, tooling, and data formatting.
Breaking down those silos with true hybrid multicloud infrastructure is necessary for a platform to be able to thrive in that complexity.
Nutanix simplifies the cloud experience from start to finish, beginning with no-nonsense product offerings that slot into an organization’s existing cloud ecosystem.

Multiple cloud complexity vs. hybrid multicloud

In a multicloud environment, an organization uses two or more cloud platforms from different vendors to address the possibility of vendor lock-in and other challenges that are associated with relying on a single platform. This approach enables the flexibility to choose the optimal location for running any given workload based on performance, scalability, cost, and other factors.

However, merely using multiple clouds is not a true “multicloud” if those clouds exist in their own silos, separated by operational methods and data disparity. The lack of a unified management model that extends across clouds is what gives rise to multiple cloud complexity in the hybrid multicloud.

Similarly, while a hybrid cloud – which combines private and public clouds – addresses many needs, it still doesn’t fully capture the essence of a true multicloud. While hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) extends from the on-premises datacenter to the public cloud to provide an efficient unified foundation, a simple hybrid cloud does not deliver the diversity and flexibility of a more varied multiple cloud deployment.

The hybrid multicloud approach has the potential to be a true multicloud that leverages the best of both worlds to overcome the challenges of both the hybrid cloud and multicloud. By deploying a common operating model running through on-premises operations and multiple public clouds, a hybrid multicloud setup can achieve optimal results by leveraging the strengths of each component.

Thriving in complexity

Hybrid multicloud enables organizations to navigate complexity, but it is important to recognize that there is still multiple cloud complexity – it manages and simplifies it for users, thriving amidst the intricacies.

One key driver of cloud complexity is the unprecedented explosion of data and apps across the entire IT industry. Individuals and companies are creating and consuming more data than ever before, and IT decision-makers must solve the problem of determining where to store all that data and run all those apps.

At the same time, the cloud and datacenter landscapes are constantly shifting, with each location becoming less and less likely to be optimal compared to their newly emerging counterparts. In these scenarios, the hybrid multicloud will shine as a true multicloud that facilitates application portability and seamless workload migration as business circumstances change.

The rise of generative AI is another piece of the hybrid multicloud puzzle. Though it can add another layer of complexity, it also has the potential to improve security, control and efficiency. Gartner projects that by 2026, 30% of new applications will use AI to drive personalized adaptive user interfaces. The widespread use of GenAI throughout an organization’s operations requires vast amounts of data and deep reserves of computational power. Yet, that is something the hybrid multicloud can uniquely accommodate and even utilize.

Simplifying the experience

The balance of multiple cloud complexity vs hybrid multicloud is a non-issue on Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP). Despite the overwhelming complexity of the modern cloud environment, Nutanix delivers simple and agile solutions that make the user experience smooth and accessible.

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), for instance, is a solution that organizations can easily implement to standardize all applications and data from any cloud on one consistent HCI.

NCI has built-in disaster recovery, container services, security, hypervisors, virtual networking, and scale-out HCI storage. Developers and operators can use these tools in full effect daily to achieve optimal results without the need to navigate the underlying complexity.

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on NCI enables teams to build and manage the hybrid multicloud on their own terms. NC2 can extend an on-premises environment to the public cloud, or one public cloud deployment to another, without refactoring or replatforming apps and workloads.

NCP also provides several other solution packages, including Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for automated acceleration and Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) for both structured and unstructured data. Decision-makers can leverage the full suite of Nutanix products or choose certain solutions for specific problems without worrying about compatibility with their existing cloud environment.

Nutanix overcomes multiple cloud complexity in the hybrid multicloud

Complexity can either creep up cloud-by-cloud or wash over an organization all at once when it begins a large-scale digital transformation. Nutanix provides a platform that can thrive in spite of rising complexity and simplify the experience for developers, operators, and the end user.

With Nutanix, digital transformation accelerates, whether it is a first-time endeavor or a subsequent expansion. This transformation ensures that organizations can manage a unified platform and gain workload portability, all while keeping the total cost of ownership low.

Nutanix removes the burden of choice from IT teams who believe they must choose between multiple cloud complexity and hybrid multicloud simplicity. Contact us to learn more about how the Nutanix hybrid multicloud platform can accelerate your cloud journey.

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