CHENNAI: Utilisation of hybrid cloud technologies is on the rise in India, primarily driven by an effective cost benefit. According to global software giant Microsoft and Zinnov, the Hybrid Cloud market in India is fast becoming a new standard for delivery of digital transformation. With substantial cost as well as organisational benefits, Indian enterprises are increasingly intensifying their reliance on a hybrid cloud setup, said a report by the two.
The report pointed out that hybrid cloud deployment at a steady rate could result in cost savings of anywhere between five per cent and 30 per cent, for an enterprise – depending on the growth of virtual machines in an enterprise’s data centre and a proportion of workloads moving from private data centre to public cloud infrastructure.
According to a survey conducted as part of this study, over 40 per cent of enterprises have already planned or are planning to build a hybrid cloud infrastructure or transform their existing IT infrastructure. The primary reasons cited for adopting hybrid cloud solutions include lowering total cost of ownership (54 per cent), facilitating innovation (42 per cent), enhancing operational efficiencies (42 per cent), and enabling companies to respond to and meet customer expectations more readily (40 per cent).
Meetul Patel, GM (marketing & operations), Microsoft said, “Many organisations have existing investments in IT infrastructure and business-specific needs to keep parts of it on their own premises. At the same time, the cloud presents an incredible opportunity to improve RoI, develop innovative solutions, and respond rapidly to changing business demands. The hybrid model is a ‘best of all worlds’ option that allows customers to benefit from the cloud on their own terms.”