CIO OPINION
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CIO OPINION
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THE ONUS IS
ON CIOS AND
CTOS TO ENSURE
THAT THEIR DATA
STORAGE STRATEGY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOWS
THE ORGANISATION TO
EXTRACT MAXIMUM VALUE
FROM THEIR DATA.
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Alex McMullan, EMEA CTO, Pure Storage
Making the most of data
Alex McMullan, EMEA CTO, Pure
Storage, tells Intelligent CIO
how it’s vital to make the most
of an organisation’s data.
I
n the same way that a CFO sets out the strategy and framework
for investment and cash flow, CIOs and CTOs need to take
control of making dataflow work for their organisations. Data
is now a currency but one which carries extra responsibility for the
holder, especially where our personal information is involved. This
data currency will come under regulation in 2018, where failing
to get a clean audit will have similar reputational and monetary
consequences as failing a finance audit.
Against this backdrop, as we head into 2018, below are four factors
that CIOs and CTOs should consider, to ensure that they get the
most value from their organisations’ data.
Cloud control; hybrid architectures will dominate
The debate around whether to use cloud technologies is history.
Multi-cloud deployment has now become the norm. With increased
awareness that uncapped or per-second pricing can spiral out of
control, a return to hybrid architecture, which marries the strengths
of controllable cost, high performance on-premises systems, with
burstable, global cloud services is underway.
The increased requirements for data control are going to further boost
the attractiveness of the hybrid model. A trend that will only accelerate
as each business seeks to balance its own technology demands
against the relative TCOs of public vs on-premises cloud platforms.
As the transition from virtualisation to cloud-native and
containerised applications gathers momentum, there will be an
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