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CLOUD & MSPs

A Time of Disruption
Requires Speed and Flexibility

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n the past year, some trends, such as
working from home, have accelerated.
These changes have also revealed a
need for flexibility in business. The hybrid
multicloud may provide a solution for now
and into the future.

Speed and Flexibility Required

As more people work from home,
the way business is conducted has
undergone rapid and extensive change,
and IT departments are facing new
demands. One solution is to employ
hybrid multicloud solutions from IBM
Power Systems to provide agility, meet
the needs of employees and maintain
continuity in the future.
The need for extra capacity must be
met remotely in several situations, but
for many organizations, a pay-for-use
model works best. Power® in the IBM
Cloud can augment on-premise capacity,
and the IBM Power Systems Private

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Cloud solution with Dynamic Capacity is a
priced-by-the-minute option.
The ability to scale capacity remotely
using automated cloud management
and cost optimization are just two of the
benefits of hybrid multicloud. The Red
Hat Ansible Automation Platform helps
bridge any skills gap, and IBM Storage
Insights allows for remote storage
management.

The New Disruption:
Never Ending Transformation

At one time the idea of disruption in
business meant a company that invented
or redefined an entire industry, like Uber.
Now, disruption is different.
Successfully navigating continuous
change has become a top priority for
businesses worldwide, all of which
recognize the need to transform but to do
so without having to change everything in
their technology stack.

Businesses need hybrid multicloud
to have a modern IT infrastructure.
Technology should be adaptable to what
businesses need instead of dictating
what changes businesses must make.
Digital engagement is now expected,
and employees, customers and business
partners are interacting differently from
even five years ago.
A hybrid multicloud approach is the
future, and most businesses accept that
and plan to move to such an environment
by next year. Incremental improvements
won't be enough. A streamlined and
effective IT infrastructure strategy that
can handle disruption must include:
* Persistent security and resilience
* Flexibility
* Support for new models across onpremises and public cloud
* Embedded critical open standards and
options to avoid vendor lock-in
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