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Pure Storage executive advocates for multi-cloud approach

Dan Kogan, VP of Product, FlashArray at Pure Storage, has penned an exclusive op-ed for June’s edition of CNME in which he outlines how companies need to adopt a multi-cloud strategy to strive and thrive in the digital economy.


Applications and their data are now residing in multiple locations—from customers’ on-premises data centres to edge locations, and hyperscale public clouds such as Microsoft’s Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud Platform.

This means businesses are rapidly adopting multi-cloud strategies, which can deliver significant benefits around flexibility and agility. But they can also create new data management challenges.

Here are five critical steps to help you successfully implement your own cost-optimised and easy-to-manage multicloud data management strategy.

Go in with a plan



Nail down a master data management strategy

In a multicloud environment, the complexity of data management can escalate exponentially. Without a clear plan, organisations often duplicate data, which can lead to waste and overspend.

A data management strategy can consolidate and simplify data and workload portability. This can help inform the way you ingest, process, store, and analyse data from multiple locations—on-premises, across multiple clouds, or from a range of endpoints.

A central, unified data architecture can greatly reduce data management complexities. Centralised storage management will ideally include an operating environment that works seamlessly on-premises and in cloud environments.

Select a storage solution that runs seamlessly across hybrid and multicloud environments



Consider how you’ll control waste and spend at the outset


Don’t let waste and overspend eclipse the tangible benefits of going multi-cloud. Ensure that your operating environment has best-in-class storage efficiency, thin provisioning, deduplication, and data compression. Leverage advanced analytics and AI-powered monitoring where possible to get better visibility into your clouds—especially as you adopt more services.


Incorporate compliance and data sovereignty requirements




What’s the Best Way Forward?



Do embrace the multicloud world order with a plan. You’ll increase opportunities for data synergies and cost optimisation without limiting accessibility or creating silos.

Once you’ve fleshed out your multicloud strategy, make sure you have the right solutions to support it. You’ll need a data storage solution that provides seamless data mobility, resilience, and a consistent experience—no matter where your data lives. Only then can you gain true agility and elasticity across complex cloud environments—and the competitive advantage from your organisation’s most valuable asset: data.

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