Business continuity planning is not keeping pace with enterprise migration to hybrid or multicloud.

That’s according to a survey compiled last year by 451 Research, contacting 1,200 global IT decision makers. While the journey to hybrid and multicloud was clearly in process, organizations were grappling with a number of operational challenges. These included a notable immaturity in resiliency strategies, with 65% of respondents lacking a management plan for hybrid deployment.

“Customers continue to struggle with data operations and getting time to insight and time to value,” said Dave Vellante, co-founder and chief research officer at Wikibon and host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming video studio. “A critical problem is complexity. Cloud is helpful, but when you try to scale rapidly, other blockers beyond the infrastructure come into play.”

SiliconANGLE Media will address these and other challenges on Jan. 27 in a broadcast of the latest installment of Io-Tahoe LLC’s data automation series: “Enterprise Digital Resilience on Hybrid and Multicloud.”

Experts from Red Hat Inc. and Happiest Minds Technologies Pvt. Ltd. will discuss best practices for managing data across hybrid cloud and multicloud IT environments. There will be shared lessons in navigating the journey to hybrid and multicloud platforms for your data and business applications, as well as insights on the latest Io-Tahoe data automation technologies and how the platform’s capabilities are transforming business data security issues globally. (* Disclosure below.)

The road to resilience

Resilience for IT operations is not a new concept, but it took on added importance when businesses were suddenly confronted with a massive scale-up of work-from-home infrastructure at the onset of a global pandemic last year. Collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams added 12 million users around the globe over a seven-day period in March, an average of 1.7 million new users per day.

In the aftermath of this rapidly transformed IT landscape, companies are partnering to develop new solutions to improve data security and bolster digital resilience. In November, Io-Tahoe and Happiest Minds announced a joint effort to provide data discovery and adaptive governance solutions.

Adaptive data governance becomes key in this scenario because rapidly changing business situations demand flexibility in the handling of critical data.

In addition to governance and automation, IT departments have increasingly focused on security for hybrid and multicloud platforms. This has taken on greater urgency in recent months, as both the private and public sectors have dealt with rising ransomware threats and a major breach involving a third-party security software provider.

Businesses that use a mix of public clouds or embrace a hybrid model that includes the use of on-premises infrastructure run the risk of vulnerabilities associated with protecting data at rest or shielding data in motion. One solution will not likely be able to address this level of complexity in a multicloud world, so security practitioners advise a multi-pronged approach.

“IT organizations need to re-evaluate existing security systems and solutions and should focus on implementing a well-rounded multi-layer and multi-level defense strategy while considering the security in the unified communication landscape,” said Suresh Kanniappan, vice president and customer success manager, infrastructure management and security services at Happiest Minds, in a company post. “Awareness campaigns and training for the employees can minimize the possible threats.”

To build in enterprise data resilience in a hybrid and multicloud world, organizations will have to focus on the element that powers most businesses today: applications. The number of applications in usage per company has climbed 30% in a year, averaging 137 per mid-market business in 2019. These applications have become essential to generating revenue for many firms, and keeping them up and running is a key goal.

Livestream of Io-Tahoe’s ‘Enterprise Digital Resilience on Hybrid and Multicloud’ event

Io-Tahoe’s “Enterprise Digital Resilience on Hybrid and Multicloud” event is a livestream event, with interviews to be broadcasted on theCUBE. You can register for free here to access the live event. Plus, you can watch theCUBE interviews here.

How to watch theCUBE interviews

We offer you various ways to watch the live coverage of Io-Tahoe’s “Enterprise Digital Resilience on Hybrid and Multicloud” livestream event, including theCUBE’s dedicated website and YouTube channel. You can also get all the coverage from this year’s events on SiliconANGLE.

TheCUBE Insights podcast

SiliconANGLE also has podcasts available of archived interview sessions, available on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify, which you can enjoy while on the go.

Guests

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE during Io-Tahoe’s Data “Enterprise Digital Resilience on Hybrid and Multicloud” livestream event include Suresh Kanniappan, vice president, U.S. country head and customer success manager of infrastructure management and cybersecurity services at Happiest Minds Technologies, and Fadzi Ushewokunze, global financial services architect at Red Hat. TheCUBE will also speak with Io-Tahoe’s Ajay Vohora, chief executive officer; Yusef Khan, head of data services; Noah Fields, data operations sales engineer; and Sabita Davi, enterprise account executive.

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for Io-Tahoe’s Data Automation Series “Enterprise Digital Resilience on Hybrid and Multicloud” livestream event. Neither Io-Tahoe LLC, the sponsor for theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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