Chris Royles
CLOUD COMPUTING
Chris Royles
EMEA Field CTO Cloudera
“ Cloud services are designed for global scale, with scalability inherently built into their design principles. The technical aspects of cloud scaling have largely been solved. So, if we can now scale to virtually any size, what remains the challenge?
First, the people and process aspects of scaling – how do organisations deliver value to millions of end users? Second, how can they harness cloud scalability for workloads that must remain on-premise or sovereign due to data sensitivity?
If scalability is solved for the public cloud, how do we bring those capabilities into the data centre? Additionally, when data and workloads are managed and run in different locations, how do we integrate them into a cohesive system? And finally, when balancing available resources, how do we optimise for price, performance, cost, and impact – across both on-premise and public cloud environments?
Providing a unified platform that can seamlessly manage data and workloads in a hybrid manner can help address these technical challenges. Equally important is optimising the people and process aspects, ensuring that all users across the enterprise have access to the data, analytics, and insights they need to make critical business decisions.” technologymagazine. com 187