Even within increasingly cloud-dominated industries, several businesses are struggling with fully adapting the cloud and integrating cloud provider solutions. Instead, they are opting to rely on hybrid cloud models, giving them cloud privileges with the benefits of on-prem infrastructure.

With multicloud solutions, however, businesses can reap the benefits of multiple cloud providers instead of having to zero in on just one single provider, according to Caitlin Gordon (pictured), vice president of product management for infrastructure solutions at Dell Technologies Inc., which is helping businesses adopt flexible solutions.

“We’re building a portfolio of software and services, and that’s targeted at that consistent experience,” Gordon said. “You can have your data and your workloads in the right place, but you can have a consistent experience with what you already have on-prem.”

Gordon spoke with industry analysts David Vellante and David Nicholson at the Dell Technologies World event, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed multicloud solutions, Dell’s partnership with Snowflake Computing, maintaining operational consistency, and more. (* Disclosure below.)

Accessible data is key

Operational consistency is extremely important to Dell’s customers, a common problem with hybrid cloud solutions as on-prem and cloud operations can vary wildly. Data mobility is one of the most crucial aspects of a consistent operations experience, Gordon pointed out.

“Being able to also not only have your software in the cloud, but transact that through a public cloud marketplace, and in one case will actually be delivered as a native cloud service, is critical,” Gordon said. “So, all of the pre-committed spends that you have with any one of these hyperscalers, you can draw down against that credit to purchase these software and services, which is equally important to the technology value prop.”

Dell also acknowledges how important it is for business leaders to be able to access their data. With its partnership with Snowflake, Dell is allowing users to access non-native Snowflake data in the Snowflake Data Cloud.

“Data has a ton of gravity, and between data privacy and governance regulations, there’s a lot of reason the data is not going to move,” Gordon explained. “What that means from a modern cloud-based analytics standpoint, like Snowflake, is they need to be able to support the data no matter where it lives. It means being able to access that data, so that more-distributed data architecture, but still being able to use those cloud-based tools. … There’s a ton more opportunity in that space.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of the Dell Technologies World event:

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for Dell Technologies World. Neither Dell Technologies Inc., the sponsor for theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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