Wipro-Cisco joint study finds “Hybrid cloud is the new normal”

Wipro and Cisco Systems have jointly unveiled a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting that forecasts large enterprises combining private and public cloud operations, often described as “hybrid cloud computing”.

The study notes that 60% of the respondents believe virtualization will be the primary technology over the next 12 months. Banking, financial services and insurance companies strongly recognize the link between virtualization and private/hybrid cloud enablement with 97% of those surveyed highlighting this aspect.

The study also states that 25% of the respondents find that adopting IaaS-as-a-Service technology will drive IT organizations towards a hybrid cloud approach.

“We have observed that while private and hybrid cloud is gaining significant mind-share across the Asia-Pacific region, there are interesting differences in their investment criteria. Cost reduction remains top of the mind for nearly 80% of technology leaders in India, whereas expanding existing virtualization Investments is critical in both Australia and Singapore,” said Anuj Bhalla, Vice-President & Global Business Unit Head, Product, System Integration and Maintenance Service, Wipro.

Rajesh Rege, Director, Cloud and Datacentre Sales, Cisco India & SAARC, said, “It is clear that virtualization technologies are driving more flexibility in the data center. However, to realize the full potential, CIOs need to adopt a fabric-based approach that integrates compute, network, security, virtualization, and management solutions into a single, more efficient and simplified data center platform. This approach maximizes the advantages of virtualization and facilitates automation, to increase efficiencies, productivity and agility.”

According to the study, organizations that embrace private/hybrid cloud approaches alongside traditional data center capabilities will be far better positioned to support, encourage and innovate within their organizations based on simplified, more efficient access to compute resources and capabilities.