"Enterprises are adopting a Hybrid Multi cloud approach to overcome the dual challenge of their digital journey"

Manoj Paul, Managing Director, GPX India

"Enterprises who had employees accessing their servers from secured office LANs now need to allow these employees working from home using remote access connections over the unsecured internet, creating vulnerability for intrusion by unauthorized users. In this scenario, data security along with scalability and availability becomes very critical for uninterrupted operations.

So, enterprises are adopting a Hybrid Multi cloud approach to overcome the dual challenge of their digital journey - driving growth while managing risks. Companies with in-house Data Centers are shifting their infrastructure from their own office premises to third party Data Centers.

Enterprises are leveraging the power of Cloud as it provides flexibility to add or reduce resources including compute and storage to match up with the ever-changing business demands. This has become even more critical in the current uncertain times. Cloud also helps when the resources are to be accessed from multiple locations. But accessing cloud over internet is a potential security risk. To address this concern, many enterprises are using the Direct Connect services to the cloud service providers (eg: AWS Direct Connect, Microsoft Express Route, Oracle FastConnect) for secured connectivity over leased lines/ MPLS which also assures a reliable and predictable performance as compared to internet.
For added reliability, enterprises are also opting for use of multiple cloud services providers so that if one cloud fails, they can leverage the other.”