Today's cloud reality is multicloud

We are now in the era of data-centric computing, says Intel, and modern infrastructure will be required to take full advantage of potential benefits.

Sumner Lemon speaking about successful IT transformation.
Lemon speaking about successful IT transformation.

"Data is really changing the way that the economy is working. What drives that change is the ability to act on insights that data brings in a timely manner," explained Sumner Lemon, Regional Director of Digital Transformation and Enterprise Sales, Intel Asia Pacitic & Japan, speaking at the Huawei Cloud Summit 2019 in Singapore last month.

That ability only comes with infrastructure modernisation, however. "You can't compete today on old infrastructure," Lemon stressed. With the volumes of data generated today growing at a 30% compound annual growth rate, performance on existing infrastructure ends up being lower and maintenance costs higher than using new infrastructure, he said.

Companies which have adopted modern infrastructures as part of digital transformation have seen their operating margins nearly double, with each employee accounting for more revenue."If you don't do anything you are going to be left behind," he said. According to Lemon, every 10% increase in data accessibility for a typical Fortune 100 company will result in US$5 million additional net income.

The path to this success requires a holistic strategy that both modernises and innovates with cloud, network storage, analytics, artificial intelligence and security, Lemon said.

A multicloud world in particular enables faster time to market, driving better returns on investment, control, transparency, and manageability. "Step back and think about the apps you have and where you need to deploy them," Lemon said. "Choose a common cloud core for consistent performance."

The Intel Cloud Affinity Model can help companies decide on their multicloud architecture and where to place cloud workloads, he added.
"Most applications can land in either public or private clouds. We're seeing many companies doing SAP deployments in the public cloud. It traditionally was thought of as an on-prem or private cloud
deployment," he observed.

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