New Dell Technologies Study Shares Secret Sauce – Multi-Hybrid Cloud Strategies the Way Forward for Asia-Pacific Organisations
Amid rising operational costs, ever-slimmer IT budgets and increasingly complex technology demands, organisations across Asia Pacific are being forced to become more agile while maximising existing infrastructure investments.
While earlier digital transformation efforts heavily favoured public cloud adoption for strategic scalability and operational flexibility, many organisations are now turning towards multi-hybrid cloud strategies that combine both public and private cloud environments for improved control, agility and cost management especially in challenging times.
To discover more, Dell Technologies commissioned IDC to conduct a study on cloud strategies and IT modernisation trends in the APAC region dubbed ‘Unlocking Business Agility Through Private Cloud Modernisation in Asia Pacific.
Dell Technologies: The Multi-Hybrid Cloud Conundrum
At a top level, the study found that today’s business environment with its rapidly shifting customer expectations, business requirements and fast-paced technology adoption show that a hybrid cloud strategy with private cloud as a key component is necessary to retain competitive advantage and to remain agile.
Based on findings in the IDC briefing, 46% of organisations in Asia Pacific have named cloud migration as their number one strategy for infrastructure modernisation to remain flexible and retain a resilient IT environment that can evolve as business needs change while supporting data-driven processes and next-generation workloads.
Another key finding is that organisations today are shifting away from single-provider or rigid cloud-first strategies with leading enterprises embracing multi-hybrid cloud models that require infrastructures which are sufficiently dynamic, reliable and agile to support new business models. These architectures enable enterprises to build ‘fit-for-purpose’ digital ecosystems while allowing for seamless deployment and migration of applications across private, public or hybrid environments.
The IDC study further adds that 94% of surveyed organisations in Asia Pacific indicated that they are considering or planning some degree of cloud repatriation, underscoring the importance of portability and choice in cloud strategy.
A key finding from the IDC study also indicated that the integration of modern private clouds in enterprises leverages disaggregated infrastructure, giving organisations the power to scale compute, storage and networking independently while avoiding the risks and costs of being locked into restrictive cycles while supporting faster innovation, less complexity and greater business value.
The study further highlights that the impetus to modernise is affecting Asia-Pacific organisations of all sizes with technology leaders facing mounting pressures not only from the competition but also from the need to stay relevant.
To avoid being bogged down, it remains critical for organisations to reduce technical debt and ensure existing systems can integrate seamlessly with new cloud solutions. According to the study, the Asia Pacific region is beginning to experience the impact of technical debt that is expected to grow significantly as time goes on, making future-proofing all the more critical to ensure organisational sustainability.
To address this, organisations are seeking open, scalable systems capable of growing with their expanding needs while ensuring that strategies avoid potential lock-ins that affect future agility and cost efficiency down the line.
Many respondents stated that integrating legacy environments was a major challenge with the top three challenges in cloud journeys being the integration of existing infrastructure, maintaining cybersecurity and compliance as well as managing complex hybrid or multi-cloud environments. At a top level, the key infrastructure transformation pain points noted by many organisations were observability, operations and workload migration.
Further, the study indicated that artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a major priority for organisations seeking to unlock greater value from their data, with modern AI initiatives requiring high-performance compute, scalable storage and robust networking that carefully planned hybrid and private cloud environments can deliver.
The Dell Technologies commissioned study also indicated that the maturation of enterprise IT is closely linked to hybrid and multi-cloud approaches, with organisations seeing the hybrid cloud as the most efficient, practical path to leverage AI’s capabilities while managing the challenges of scale, security and compliance required by modern data workloads.
“Organisations are telling us that continuous modernisation isn’t just an IT directive — it’s a business necessity,” said Sumash Singh, Managing Director, South Asia; Emerging Markets (SAEM). “With the rise of multi-hybrid cloud and new demands from AI, companies want the freedom to choose, evolve, and innovate, backed by flexible, open architectures.”. To peruse the study in detail, you can check out the official Dell Technologies link here.