Cloud Computing in Covid era

Chennai: A study has revealed that Indian enterprises are fully committed to hybrid cloud models and are viewing IT more strategically in their organisations.

The report by Nutanix has said that enterprises overnight turned to cloud infrastructure to accommodate workers who were forced to work remotely. The report shows that a hybrid model was without doubt the model of choice in India, with 63 per cent of India’s enterprises having increased their investment in hybrid cloud as a direct result of the pandemic, compared to just 46 per cent globally.

Additionally, the report finds that 97 per cent respondents declared hybrid cloud was the correct architecture for their organisations, higher than the global average of 87 per cent.

Firms in India are also developing ambitious plans, the report concludes, with more than half (56 per cent) saying they plan to run an integrated hybrid environment within five years, and respondents also stating that traditional datacenter penetration will drop from 13 to three per cent.

“Cloud infrastructure is now a critical component of IT infrastructure, as Indian enterprises branch further into investing in digitisation and look for secure alternatives for their workloads. In the business environment brought about by the pandemic, flexibility and security have emerged to be of utmost importance, and Indian enterprises need the ability to match workloads to the best environment,” said Balakrishnan Anantharaman, managing director, sales, India and SAARC, Nutanix.

The findings also highlight that while cost savings are a driver in deciding to modernise IT infrastructures, it is not the primary factor. Better control of IT resource usage (79 per cent), increased speed to meet business needs (69 per cent), and better support to customers (60 per cent) are the key factors to modernisation.

“India’s organisations have recognised that Covid-19 has accelerated us into a new era of strategic IT and raised its profile considerably. The report suggests that India is a front runner when it comes to modernising IT infrastructures as we begin our journey into a new normal,” Balakrishnan added.

“For true agility and scalability, hybrid cloud and hyper-converged infrastructure has been our architecture of choice. If you look at the priorities for CIOs today- security, application modernisation, and automation are at the top of the list,” said Sendil kumar Venkatesan, Chief Technology Officer, Shriram Capital Ltd.