Okay, so maybe your worst day isn’t as bad as being chased by bloodthirsty zombies or crazed biker gangs, but working in a post-cloud IT environment can sometimes feel like a post-apocalyptic place where everything is turned upside down.
Massive data centers are being “dissolved” into flexible pools of IT resources, and business users are increasingly dictating the terms of what technology the business will use. It’s a wild, wild world these days, and the endgame in both environments is the same: survival. But what can a popular cable series about zombies teach us about building a better cloud?
If you want to survive, you need to stick together.
Anyone who watches The Walking Dead knows that survival is a game of alliances. Likewise, IT departments and app developers need to stick together in building a better cloud for their business. That means creating a cloud that’s fast, flexible, cost-efficient, and simple to use. Fail on any of those four fronts, and business users are likely to break ranks and join another gang (e.g., Amazon, Google, Microsoft) for their cloud needs.
There’s no such thing as too much security.
Every time that the protagonists of The Walking Dead seem secure, the unthinkable happens and they find themselves fleeing for higher ground. While it’s an unlikely that your business has a horde of undead scratching at your doors, a horde of hackers looking to break into your network is no less frightening. The lesson? Build your private cloud expecting the unexpected: internal and external hackers, natural disasters, unpredictable workloads, etc.
Be smart and make do with what you’ve got.
We’ve seen zombies killed with sticks, knives, rocks, and more on The Walking Dead, proving that real survivors can improvise with what they already have. Enterprises can sometimes make the mistake of thinking they need to start from scratch when building their cloud, but there are ready-made cloud solutions like HPE’s composable infrastructure that allow you to build a private cloud tying into the hardware you have today.
It’s never a bad idea to bring extra guns.
When facing zombies, sometimes a couple of extra rifles can make all the difference. In the same way, bringing “hired guns” to your cloud project can help get it off the ground faster and cheaper. At Rolta AdvizeX, we have a broad team of experienced cloud specialists that we can put to work for you.
Ultimately, in IT as in The Walking Dead, it’s eat or be eaten. If you’re ready to sink your teeth into the cloud opportunities of tomorrow, talk to us today about HPE composable infrastructure and other cloud solutions available from Rolta AdvizeX. ▪