5 Essential Tips

for Navigating

the New Cloud Era

5 Essential Tips for Navigating the New Cloud Era

As enterprises further develop and evolve their cloud strategy, against a backdrop of socio-political change, and the evolution of new regulatory pressures and security challenges, it is crucial for them to take a strategic approach to navigating this evolving landscape.

Here are five essential tips to help enterprises effectively navigate the challenges and opportunities of the New Cloud Era.

Ensure the Hybrid Cloud Approach

While public cloud usage is essentially ubiquitous, it is important to recognise that most organisations operate in a hybrid cloud environment, combining private and public clouds - yet, despite this, the complexity and rigidity of delivering private clouds has, until recently, been an inhibitor to doing this effectively. SoftIron, with HyperCloud, transforms your ability to deploy, scale, manage and consume your own private cloud. Embracing a hybrid cloud approach allows organisations to optimise resources, address sensitive data concerns, adopt a cloud-neutral stance in building a multi-cloud strategy, achieving flexibility, agility and cost efficiency.

Focus on

Business Value

In the New Cloud Era, this research underscores a renewed emphasis on understanding the true business value derived from cloud decisions. Consider factors such as performance, regulatory compliance, security, and cost control when determining the best place to run applications or store data. SoftIron emphasises the importance of evaluating the broader impact of cloud decisions on your organisation's objectives and aligning your cloud strategy accordingly.

Prioritise Resource Efficiency

Efficiency is a critical aspect of the cloud, and in fact, any operations. SoftIron's approach to building private clouds emphasises simplicity in deployment and management, scaling, and consumption while optimising resource utilisation, including energy, electricity, and cooling, IT skills and developer effectiveness. By prioritising resource efficiency, enterprises can maximise the productivity of their people, time, resources, and budget.

Leverage Managed Service Providers, Cloud Service Providers and Internal Cloud Environments

The flexibility to select from and integrate your private cloud platform with a variety of managed service providers (MSPs) and Cloud Service providers can offer enterprises specialised cloud services tailored to their unique needs. SoftIron has relationships with a number of MSPs and CSPs building their own cloud environments using HyperCloud, enabling them to offer a broad variety of hybrid cloud services and subscriptions.

Simplify Cloud Management

Designed for simplicity, HyperCloud empowers IT generalists to handle on-going cloud operations, improving service resilience, enhancing flexibility and reducing reliance on specialised teams. With HyperCloud, you can accelerate deployment and provisioning processes, resulting in faster time-to-value for your cloud initiatives. By simplifying management and minimising dependence on specialised teams, you can achieve cost savings and improve operational efficiency. Prioritising simplicity will lead to more efficient operations and effective resource allocation.

As enterprises navigate the new cloud era, these five essential tips can guide them towards success. By embracing a hybrid cloud approach, focusing on business value, prioritising resource efficiency, and leveraging MSPs and internal cloud environments, enterprises can optimise their cloud strategies and adapt to changing needs.