In a sponsored article for VentureBeat,[1] Vijay Rayapati general manager at Nutanix Beam, discusses the challenge of hybrid-cloud platforms for data management and storage. Information technology departments enjoy the flexibility of hybrid-cloud platforms, as well as the plug-and-play functionality that often comes with the more sophisticated platforms. The problem arises when data is moved around, and third-party software providers either have access to that data or are made responsible for the security of that data.