UPDATED 15:04 EDT / MARCH 06 2020

CLOUD

IT consultants leverage automation tools to manage multicloud complexity for clients

Migration to a multicloud model starts out easy and can get rapidly harder as enterprises seek to optimize the new computing model.

That’s just one of the messages that enterprise consultants, such as DXC Technology Co., have for clients. In November, DXC launched a multicloud automation, orchestration and governance solution for managed services delivery in an effort to assist customers with this journey.

“We’re seeing all of our enterprise customers enter into this,” said George Buckman (pictured, second from left), network solution architect at DXC, in a discussion of interest in multicloud models. “They’ve been through migrations of the easy stuff. Now they’re trying to optimize, get more improvement, and the tough stuff is coming.”

Buckman spoke with John Furrier (pictured, far right), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, and Steve Mullaney (pictured, far left), president and chief executive officer of Aviatrix Systems Inc., during the Altitude 2020 event in Santa Clara, California. He was joined by Derrick Monahan (pictured, second from right), technical solutions architect of cloud network services at World Wide Technology, and they discussed ways to take complexity out of multicloud solutions and the need for visibility and automation. (* Disclosure below.)

Simplifying design

What makes the post-migration experience more difficult in a multicloud scenario is the complexity of having to now manage multiple cloud environments. Firms such as DXC and World Wide Technology have built practices to advise enterprise clients on how to navigate through a suddenly more complicated transition.

“Network requirements are complex, but the approach can be to simplify that,” Monahan said. “Just like Aviatrix simplifies the automation and orchestration of cloud networking, we’re trying to simplify the design, planning and implementation of infrastructure across multiple workloads, across multiple platforms.”

Growing enterprise interest in cloud-based solutions has given information-technology consultancy firms such as WWT a tailwind. In January, the firm announced plans to hire 1,500 net new employees this year.

“Our practice is not called the cloud practice; it’s the multicloud practice,” Monahan said. “If you look at what customers care about, visibility and automation are probably at the top. You build that network foundation, that architecture that takes into consideration where you’re going.”

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of the Altitude event. (* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner and co-producer for Altitude 2020. Neither Aviatrix Systems Inc. nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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