Technology Magazine March 2018 | Page 13

40 % of IT decision makers ‘ haven ’ t a clue ’ how much they are spending on cloud services

environments in AWS or the private cloud in minutes rather than weeks , going into production the day after the business is ready , not six months later . IT , with the help of companies like BMC , can feel more frictionless like the public cloud providers , but with the cost advantage and security and compliance necessary to protect the corporation .”
BMC ’ s survey found that 80 % of respondents acknowledge multicloud requires new approaches for effective management . How can BMC help them achieve this ? “ Managing a data centre or private cloud , we put in place all the tools necessary to manage and predict cost , deliver security and compliance profiles and to mitigate risk in these areas combined with the end users ’ need for responsive performance . With Digital Business Automation we make all the different elements of applications , infrastructure and data work together to create the outcomes officially . We ’ ve done all that , but now we move to a reality where some things are sitting in AWS , others in Capgemini and some in the data centre but they all need to work together and that ’ s when tools and processes break down . So we ’ ve innovated in all those areas .”
Berutti recommends that companies looking to ensure security and compliance with assets , data and applications flung across private and public environments will need to upgrade their infrastructure . With important requirements like GDPR due to come online the old tools won ’ t work , but BMC has the answer . “ Our SecOps policy service allows the customer to see compliance across private or public clouds and data
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