Speed bumps in your road to the cloud? The right multi-cloud strategy can make the ride smoother

As businesses increasingly rely on cloud solutions to drive digital transformation, public cloud technologies have become indispensable. However, along with their numerous benefits, public clouds also present challenges that organisations must overcome to ensure success. A recent IDC Business Value Executive Brief, sponsored by Tata Communications, explores these challenges and details how Tata Communications’ cloud offerings help end users navigate the complexities of cloud migration, management, and optimisation.

Key Challenges of Public Cloud

The IDC report highlights several common obstacles businesses face when adopting public cloud technologies:

1. Migration difficulties: Transitioning to the cloud can be a daunting task, especially for organisations lacking technical know-how. The complexity of existing IT infrastructures and interdependencies often results in longer migration times, missed deadlines, and cost overruns.
2. Cost overruns: Many companies struggle with the unpredictability of public cloud costs. Standardised services may not align with specific business requirements, leading to oversubscription and wasted resources.
3. Performance and latency issues: Without proper workload fitness analysis, businesses may experience suboptimal performance. Connectivity issues can further exacerbate the problem, affecting the performance of business-critical applications.
4. Hybrid multi-cloud management: Managing a hybrid cloud estate that includes public, private, and on-premises infrastructure can be complex. Different maturity levels across platforms and security tools add to the challenge of centralised management.
5. Security concerns: With 74% of Indian organisations affected by ransomware attacks in the past year, security is a top concern. Outdated systems and fragmented security infrastructures make it challenging to protect sensitive data.

"The shift to multi-cloud can prove to be complex and overwhelming for various organisations, especially those which are still largely reliant on legacy systems, processes, and methodologies" - Murali Krishnan R Associate Vice President, Tata Communications?

Tata Communications’ Cloud solutions: Addressing the challenges

Tata Communications’ cloud solutions, as highlighted by IDC, offer a comprehensive approach to tackling these challenges. Through in-depth interviews with organisations using Tata Communications’ cloud offerings, the study identified several key benefits:

1. Cost-effective offerings: Tata Communications provides competitively priced cloud solutions that help organisations avoid the capital expenditures associated with on-premises infrastructure. With flexible pricing models tailored to actual usage, businesses can significantly reduce unnecessary spending.
2. Smooth migration process: Tata Communications’ expertise in cloud architecture ensures a seamless migration process. Customers benefit from reduced friction during deployment and minimised disruptions to their operations. As one customer noted, “The project of migrating our SAP application to Tata Communications Cloud was successfully completed, and it exceeded our expectations.”
3. High performance and availability: Performance is a critical factor for organisations running business-critical applications. Tata Communications’ cloud solutions deliver exceptional uptime and low latency, ensuring applications run smoothly without interruptions. One customer stated, “We’ve never experienced downtime with Tata Communications Cloud, even for our most critical applications.”
4. Superior security: Tata Communications’ cloud solutions offer robust baseline security, helping businesses protect their data and systems. With capabilities such as DDoS protection and disaster recovery, customers can ensure their operations remain secure and resilient.
5. Simplified management: Managing cloud infrastructure can be complex, but Tata Communications simplifies this with its unified management platform. By providing a “single pane of glass” view across different cloud environments, organizations can reduce complexity and improve interoperability.

A deeper insight into the Tata Communications cloud solutions

The IDC report reveals several critical insights from the study:

• Smooth migration and scalability: Tata Communications’ ability to customise cloud solutions at a VM level ensures smooth scalability and migration, helping businesses avoid the typical challenges associated with cloud transitions.
• Customisable solutions: Unlike many public cloud providers, Tata Communications offers customizable solutions designed to meet specific business needs. This tailored approach helps businesses avoid the inefficiencies of standardized cloud offerings, ensuring cost savings and improved performance.
• Comprehensive service offerings: Tata Communications offers a full suite of services, including cloud, network connectivity, managed services, and disaster recovery. This one-stop-shop approach simplifies the cloud journey for organizations, reducing the need to work with multiple vendors.

What Should Businesses Do?

To maximise the value of cloud investments, businesses should consider a few critical steps:

1. Invest in Purpose-Built cloud: Public cloud services that are not designed for specific business needs can lead to inefficiencies and higher costs. Tata Communications’ purpose-built cloud solutions are tailored to meet performance SLAs, ensuring that businesses only pay for what they need.
2. Choose a one-stop cloud provider: Working with multiple vendors can complicate cloud management. Tata Communications’ end-to-end cloud solutions offer seamless integration of cloud components, network connectivity, and managed services, simplifying the overall cloud experience.
3. Develop multi-cloud management capabilities: With hybrid cloud environments becoming the norm, businesses need the ability to manage different cloud infrastructures centrally. Tata Communications offers tools and technologies that integrate various cloud environments, making it easier to manage and optimise cloud resources.

“As the multi-cloud infrastructure continues to evolve, enterprises are positioned to maximise returns on their cloud investments, encouraging innovation, agility, and competitiveness in an increasingly digital landscape.” - Murali Krishnan R - Associate Vice President, Tata Communications

The #PartnerOfChoice for your enterprise

The IDC study makes it clear that Tata Communications is well-positioned to support businesses on their cloud journey. With its flexible pricing models, superior security features, and seamless cloud migration services, Tata Communications provides businesses with the tools they need to overcome public cloud challenges and drive digital transformation. By partnering with Tata Communications, organisations can ensure their cloud environments are optimized for performance, cost-effectiveness, and security.

To learn more about how Tata Communications’ cloud offerings can transform your business, read the full IDC report here .

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