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.
Rayapati references reports from the International Data Corporation, stating:
… 80% of 400 IT decision-makers it surveyed in 2018 had migrated applications or data from a public cloud to an on-premises or private cloud infrastructure. More recently, in 2019, nearly three-fourths (73%) of 2,650 global IT professionals surveyed by Vanson Bourne, said they were moving apps back on prem, and 22% said they were migrating five or more applications.
The takeaway is that data protection regulations and business considerations require a stricter approach to security and compliance, and cloud-based solutions are not the only answer.