Currently, organizations from all sectors are facing the inherent need for innovation. The emergence of increasingly competitive markets and growing customer demand has made companies place digital transformation at the heart of their strategies. In this context, cloud-native technologies have become the go-to solution for many businesses because they provide greater flexibility, efficiency, and better performance for their online services.
However, cloud management is not an easy task and many companies have been left behind in having the infrastructure that allows them to manage these dynamic and changing environments. To help IT teams in this endeavor, Cisco AppDynamics experts share three recommendations that will make this responsibility easier for technology professionals.
1. Responsibly manage information
For Cisco AppDynamics, this is key. IT teams are often faced with a large amount of information that, if not used properly, can go to waste. Therefore, it is important for companies, regardless of their field of operation, to have clear data management policies, so that they are able to know how and when they use valuable data. Although information management is important to all industries, specific cases such as banking and insurance require more attention due to the sensitivity of the data they deal with.
Good information management not only provides security and guarantees customer trust, but also enables companies to protect themselves legally and avoid damage to reputation.
2. Mix cloud with local
Some companies are still hesitant to move all of their digital services to the cloud, Cisco AppDynamics explains, largely because of the added control that an on-premises environment provides, giving IT teams complete visibility into their data and the ability to handle your updates. This model is extremely common in companies with large amounts of sensitive intellectual property, who simply don’t want to risk their information being shared or stored outside their organization.
This shows that while the cloud is a great option, there will always be a need for some business-critical applications to stay behind closed doors. In the event that the organization chooses to manage this model, it will be necessary to have the tools and equipment to manage the scale and speed of applications that run in on-premises environments, since these do not have the automation capability that they do. They provide cloud native.
3. Think about tomorrow without neglecting today
As the transition to modern applications grows in popularity over the next few years, Cisco AppDynamics notes that the reality is that in the short to medium term, many organizations will continue to run the majority of their IT assets on premises. Therefore, they need to watch the present, rather than focus all of their attention on the future, and ensure they have the tools and knowledge they need to improve availability and performance at all times, as well as the capabilities to predict and respond to demand spikes.
Hybrid environments are a great option for companies that want to keep their information in-house, but at the same time have greater scalability and speed. However, it is important to pair this strategy with a monitoring solution that allows for a unified view; This will be the basis for ensuring seamless digital experiences at all times,” comments Joao Fabio de Valentin, AppDynamics Director for Latin America.
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