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Datamotive 2024 Predictions: Workload Portability Becomes Ready for Mainstream Adoption in 2024 and Beyond, Solving Challenges in Hybrid Cloud Environments

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Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2024.  Read them in this 16th annual VMblog.com series exclusive.

Workload Portability Becomes Ready for Mainstream Adoption in 2024 and Beyond, Solving Challenges in Hybrid Cloud Environments

By Sameer Zaveri, Co-Founder of Datamotive

Based on what we see today in hybrid cloud environments, there is another prediction that belongs here in the VMblog series: workload portability solutions are ready for mainstream adoption and are expected to capture a much more significant share of the business continuity market in 2024. The market will see increased competition and innovation in order to solve hybrid cloud challenges as organizations seek to overcome the challenges of fragmentation, Financial governance of their cloud spend (FinOps),  and achieve seamless business continuity across multiple cloud providers, leading to more robust and versatile solutions catering to diverse organizational needs.

So while organizations are distributing workloads across multiple cloud providers for cost and performance benefits, this creates business continuity challenges. Portability eases management and reduces risk. The growing adoption of hybrid cloud strategies along with the growth in the generative AI market will fuel the demand for workload portability solutions that will become more and more advanced to handle a wider range of workloads and platforms. Distributed cloud empowers generative AI by ensuring cost-optimized deployments across diverse regions, addressing location-specific needs without sacrificing affordability.

Workload portability is a safety net for business continuity in hybrid cloud environments. It seamlessly shifts critical applications and data between public and private clouds, on-premises data centers, or even different cloud providers. This ensures uninterrupted operations during unforeseen events. Imagine a natural disaster rendering the on-premises data center unusable. With portable workloads, organizations can instantly spin them up in the cloud, minimizing downtime and safeguarding business continuity. Similarly, if a public cloud provider experiences service disruptions, organizations can readily migrate workloads back to the private cloud or another provider, avoiding costly losses and damage to your reputation.

Increased awareness of the limitations of vendor-specific solutions and the benefits of cloud-agnostic approaches will further drive workload portability market adoption. Leading vendors in the space will expand their offerings and address existing limitations, like platform services and containerized workloads, while startups will continue to innovate, offering organizations vendor-agnostic ways that will enable workload portability solutions to handle a wider range of workloads and platforms. Integration with data replication, disaster recovery (DR) plans, and security measures will create comprehensive solutions for hybrid cloud resilience.

Organizations that embrace workload portability will benefit from:

  • Improved agility and flexibility due to vendor lock-in elimination
  • Enhanced consistency and streamlined business continuity processes
  • Minimized downtime and disruption for users
  • Simplified compliance with regulatory mandates

So what is in store for 2024 and beyond? Forget vendor lock-in and inconsistent recoveries. Imagine a cloud-agnostic technology that consolidates any workload into a single business continuity hub, no matter the provider. This unlocks:

1. Freedom and Efficiency: Break free from cloud silos and manage resources across platforms flawlessly. Optimize costs, boost flexibility, and embrace true hybrid agility.

2. Steady Consistency: Achieve uniform recovery SLAs, regardless of where your workloads reside. Say goodbye to platform chaos and hello to streamlined SOPs for effortless business continuity.

3. Click and Recover: Downtime becomes a relic. Single-click recovery ensures seamless user experiences, boosts productivity, and delights customers.

4. Compliance Confidence: Navigate any regulatory landscape with ease. Consistent business continuity meets data residency needs, reducing legal risks and building trust.

5. Strengthen Security: Maintain consistent security protocols and data governance across hybrid environments

While challenges remain, such as handling complex workloads and ensuring data security, workload portability is rapidly maturing and poised for further mainstream adoption in 2024 and beyond. Organizations seeking to unlock the full potential of hybrid cloud would be wise to consider this dynamic and evolving landscape. In a nutshell, workload portability will become a key component of successful hybrid cloud strategies, playing a crucial role in ensuring business continuity and resilience. Portability is not just a dream anymore. The distributed cloud is rewriting the rules and those stuck in vendor lock-in mode have to consider how workload portability can help them.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sameer Zaveri 

Sameer Zaveri is an entrepreneur, global business leader and the co-founder of Datamotive. Before Datamotive, he worked at tech companies such as Trianz, Experian, Cisco and HPE in the enterprise, cloud and fintech markets.

Published Thursday, December 28, 2023 7:07 AM by David Marshall
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