For the second consecutive year, Microsoft has been recognized by Gartner in its 2024 Distributed hybrid infrastructure is a growing trend in IT, driven by the need for increased scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. As organizations seek to optimize their infrastructure strategies, they must consider a range of options that balance the benefits of on-premises, cloud, and colocation environments.
The following criteria were used to evaluate vendors in this Magic Quadrant:
• Hybrid infrastructure strategy: Vendors’ ability to integrate on-premises, cloud, and colocation environments, as well as their commitment to ongoing innovation.
• Product functionality: The breadth and depth of features offered by each vendor’s hybrid infrastructure portfolio.
• Market presence: The size, reach, and reputation of each vendor in the distributed hybrid infrastructure market.
The following vendors were evaluated for this Magic Quadrant:
• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud Platform
• IBM
• Oracle
• Rackspace
As shown below, the Magic Quadrant highlights the leading vendors that excel in terms of their ability to deliver a robust and integrated distributed hybrid infrastructure strategy., solidifying its position as a leader in this space.
As organizations of various scales accelerate their digital transformations, they’re capitalizing on the potential of cloud-connected experiences and capabilities across a wide range of applications. Whether processing vast amounts of data on demand, ensuring seamless operation of mission-critical systems, or meeting stringent regulatory requirements, the ability to extend these capabilities across cloud and edge environments is crucial. However, a significant challenge arises when attempting to maintain centralized management while reliably deploying these capabilities across a globally distributed footprint.
By consolidating disparate entities – such as decentralized teams, dispersed web properties, and sprawling applications – into a cohesive framework of unified operations, security, software, and data architecture, the company’s adaptive cloud strategy effectively bridges this divide. This intelligent platform enables seamless collaboration across hybrid, multi-cloud, and cloud-to-edge ecosystems by harnessing the power of cloud-native and artificial intelligence innovations. Enabling seamless innovation, our adaptive cloud strategy provides effortless, secure, and transparent choices for diverse environments, backed by a robust infrastructure portfolio comprising more than 60 public cloud regions, the Azure Stack portfolio, and a range of trusted third-party infrastructure providers.
We’re proud to be recognized again by DHI, earning our second consecutive Chief designation. According to a recent Gartner report, Microsoft has been positioned as the leader in completeness of vision and means to execute.
Organizations that adopt an adaptive cloud strategy reap significant benefits, including increased agility, cost savings, and enhanced flexibility.
As a trusted partner for digital transformation, Azure’s comprehensive cloud and edge infrastructure enables streamlined operations, simplified administration, and enhanced security across diverse industries, empowering organizations to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape?
Illustrating the potential of AI and machine learning, EGA showcases successful applications in both retail and manufacturing settings, highlighting the pressing need for these technologies across industries. Coles leverages AI-optimised infrastructure from Azure Arc’s GPU-enabled and AKS-enabled solutions to deliver exceptional in-store experiences for customers, relying on native AI inferencing capabilities for real-time video processing. Eager to reduce latency significantly, EGA’s decision to integrate native AI modeling enabled the real-time tracking of their precision crane, a crucial element in aluminium casting processes that ultimately optimized manufacturing efficiency.
“With its seamless hybrid cloud architecture, our cutting-edge digital manufacturing platform has achieved a significant leap forward in terms of price effectiveness, AI responsiveness, and business agility, empowering us to pioneer innovative solutions and propel our digital vision forward.”
The power producer operates numerous energy facilities in an intensely regulated industry where sensitive data, such as operational procedures or maintenance records for energy facilities, cannot be safely stored on a public cloud platform. Entry and permissions are treated with utmost confidentiality. By leveraging Azure Stack HCI enabled by Azure Arc, organizations will seamlessly maintain compliance with all regulatory requirements while streamlining the management of individual deployments for their strategy through a centralized and efficient experience in the Azure portal, further enhanced by integration with Azure Monitor. Uniper has standardized its IT infrastructure management across a single, unified platform, seamlessly integrating both publicly hosted cloud-based and on-premise solutions regardless of their geographic location.
Companies increasingly seek to integrate their public cloud services seamlessly with on-premise workloads. In the retail industry, a company successfully leveraged Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI to seamlessly run all its in-store applications, fostering native information processing and streamlined DevOps practices across the organization. The corporation conceived and implemented a unified “one retailer” approach. By leveraging this technology, organizations can effortlessly author, deploy, manage, and monitor software applications across all domains and online platforms. DICK’S Sporting Goods, for instance, significantly streamlined its IT process by adopting a “build once and deploy anywhere” approach that enabled seamless updates to all stores.
By illustrating buyer experiences, the advantages of adopting an adaptive cloud strategy become apparent, showcasing several compelling reasons, including:
- Simplification of total administration.
- Efficiency enchancment.
Through strategic partnerships with Microsoft, organisations can enjoy reliable, secure, and environmentally sustainable digital transformations that drive long-term success. Our distributed, hybrid infrastructure portfolio simplifies the process of virtualizing your workloads and running cloud-native applications on premises, allowing for greater flexibility and control. Azure answers come equipped with Azure Arc, allowing for seamless extension of the Azure ecosystem to your edge locations and distributed regions.
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