Industry watchers say multi-cloud is the future – and the trend among Hong Kong enterprises has been growing by a spectacular 55%. In fact, our enterprise customers are expressing an urgency for digital transformation, which can be facilitated via a multi-cloud strategy.
// Multi-cloud is the future
Gartner predicts some 70% of enterprises will adopt a multi-cloud strategy by 2019. This will entail them making use of multiple-cloud computing services in a single architecture. HKT believes one cloud service alone cannot possibly rise to the diversity of challenges faced by enterprises today. As far as we are concerned, multi-cloud is here to stay as a modernized infrastructure that delivers business value. Our approach enables enterprises to achieve greater agility and flexibility in terms of meeting ever-changing requirements among users.
// Benefits of multi-cloud
Utilization of multiple cloud platforms enables enterprises to avoid being locked into a single vendor. At the same time, our approach grants the flexibility to choose where cloud workloads are run in order to achieve optimal allocation of resources and cost efficiency. Drawing on the capability of each cloud service means enterprises derive greater business value from the latest technologies and innovations.
// Multi-cloud strategy factors not to be missed
Cloud provides enterprises with access to more capabilities than ever before, but the complexity involved in planning and managing a multi-cloud environment can be a nightmare for those with scarce IT resources. For example, IT expertise often needs to be applied to each of a diversity of cloud services, especially in terms of planning an end-to-end, multi-cloud infrastructure that embraces those network, security and computing resources more complex than their traditional counterparts (this will be covered by upcoming issues in this series).
// Every enterprise needs a multi-cloud partner with a comprehensive portfolio of services
A multi-cloud partner is required to assist enterprises throughout their adoption journey – from planning and implementation through to optimization. HKT is able to tap into a comprehensive portfolio of services, and has generated a wealth of multi-cloud expertise by handling transformation projects for a succession of satisfied customer organizations throughout a variety of industries. Please feel free to contact your account manager in order to kick start your own cloud transformation journey.
