Hybrid Cloud Storage for Azure is Consistent and Comprehensive
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Hybrid cloud storage for Azure offers a single environment experience which combines on-prem and cloud storage making management simple with minimum of fuss and complication.
Hybrid cloud storage for Azure provides enterprises with the flexible, highly scalable and easy to manage cloud storage and also the control on their data by providing on-premise storage. This is the reason why businesses are using hybrid cloud storage for Azure more than ever before. This blog is about how businesses should approach hybrid cloud technology and what does it offer in return?
Two Foundational Aspects of Hybrid Cloud Storage for Azure
Corporate market leaders, government departments and a majority of Fortune 500 companies are believed to be using Azure, and the majority have a hybrid cloud approach.
But first, let's talk about two foundational aspects of a successful hybrid cloud approach, having consistency and being comprehensive. So, why are these aspects so important? Well, a hybrid cloud means that you have your applications both in the public cloud and on-premises data center environments.
Being Consistent and Comprehensive
So, your application code is running on each location. Now, to do this in a durable way, it needs to run like a single environment. To run like a single environment, it needs to be both consistent and comprehensive.
In contrast, if you're running your hybrid cloud like two different environments, it's going to be very challenging to manage, secure, and govern. It's going to be expensive too, for your developers to write code for two different environments and maintain that application codebase over time.
A durable hybrid cloud enables a unified way to build your applications, having the same APIs, the same dev experience. So, you can have one dev team writing code and decide at runtime whether it runs in the cloud or on-prem. It's the consistency across your hybrid cloud storage for Azure that enables this experience. But it goes beyond just the developer experience into the way that you manage, secure and govern your hybrid cloud. Again, you need consistency in how you do this. For example you want to have a consistent identity system for your hybrid applications, if you're running two different identity systems, it's going to be difficult to secure it well.
Manage the Infrastructure Holistically
Similarly, you want a holistic way to manage resources across public cloud and on-prem to ensure:
Application configurations are consistent,
Global policies span your entire hybrid cloud environment,
Security requirements are held across your hybrid cloud.
Now, in data, it's particularly important to consider enabling consistent database choices and architectures across public cloud and on-prem such that you can easily move your application data where you need it and manage it holistically. So, as you think about your hybrid cloud storage for Azure approach, it is recommended that you must think about that fundamental need for both consistency and running your comprehensive cloud like a single environment.
Hybrid Cloud Storage for Azure Makes Its Way to Edge Computing
Besides enabling you to run your hybrid cloud in a durable way, it's actually the same approach that is applicable to edge computing as well. While most customers today are focused on running systems across public cloud and their data center, as this extends to include cloud and edge environments. Taking this consistent approach also sets you up to take advantage of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge computing as well.
Conclusion
Hybrid cloud storage for Azure truly lets you build a durable, comprehensive and consistent environment that provides a single platform for your dev resources and simplify management. With StoneFly storage solutions available across Azure data centers worldwide, you can combine enterprise technology with Azure’s cloud and build an infrastructure that simple works.
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