To more closely examine the variety of ways in which IT departments around
the world are integrating cloud services, and the effect hybrid IT has had on
their organizations and IT job roles, SolarWinds recently released the
SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2017: Portrait of a Hybrid Organization. This
annual study consists of survey-based research that explores significant
trends, developments, and movements related to and directly affecting IT and
IT professionals.
The findings are based on a survey fielded in December 2016 that yielded
responses from 205 IT practitioners, managers, and directors in the U.S. and
Canada, from public and private sector small, mid-size, and enterprise
companies whose organizations are leveraging cloud-based services for at
least some IT infrastructure. The results help illustrate what a modern
hybrid IT organization looks like - notably, ... (more)
The Benefits of Hybrid IT: Expectations vs. Reality
Hybrid IT is today's reality, and while its implementation may seem daunting
at times, more and more organizations are migrating to the cloud. In fact,
according to SolarWinds 2017 IT Trends Index: Portrait of a Hybrid IT
Organization 95 percent of organizations have migrated crucial applications
to the cloud in the past year. As such, it's in every IT professional's best
interest to know what to expect.
Certainly, every business has a varying expectation of what they'd like to
gain by migrating applications or infrastructure t... (more)