| | MAY 20219will optimize environments to maximize efficiencies. This is why nearly 55 percent of the organizations surveyed strongly agree on the need to engage with experts, such as managed cloud providers.But not all is rosy with hybrid cloud. Nearly 51.2 percent of the respondents in APAC claim that the difficulties in managing data security is the greatest barrier to adopting hybrid cloud. To overcome these barriers when working in such complex environments, organizations must choose the right environment that will securely host their mission-critical applications across public and private clouds, and work with a partner who understands the industries they are working in to ensure compliance.The next biggest challenge is the existing skill gap that persists across industry. The report also seconds this, as it mentions that network performance and a shortage of skills were also regarded as sizeable barriers to hybrid cloud adoption. Both, if not appropriately addressed, when implementing the cloud, cloud undo the benefits it offers. Rob Lopez, Executive Vice President, Intelligent Infrastructure at NTT Ltd., comments "As businesses look to navigate the new year, they must look to hybrid cloud environments that are optimized for agility, security and supported by the right network architecture while also meeting compliance requirements. This is the foundation upon which cloud is successful and will enable businesses to weather any form of disruption that comes their way."When the challenges are two-front, it is important you partner with experts. Hence the coming times will see industry collaboration and working with external experts to provide businesses with the right knowledge and skills to set up their hybrid cloud environments for agility. Nearly 70.8 percent of businesses said they engaged with systems integrators, while 55.4 percent engaged with specialist information security consultants or managed security service providers highlighting the importance of security to cloud deployments.
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