There has recently been a significant shift in how businesses approach and look at cloud technology, which is much more resilient to disruption than traditional on-premise solutions. Outsourcing services to the cloud allows for faster implementation and better adaptation to rapidly changing market needs. In the public sector, this is also driven by regulations that require, among other things, backup storage in the cloud. On the other hand, businesses appreciate the scalability, flexible billing models, and guarantee of business continuity that a cloud computing solution offers.
The level of adoption of this technology often depends on the scale of an organization’s operations and its technology resources. Smaller companies and start-ups are increasingly opting to develop cloud-native applications. In contrast, larger companies are increasingly willing to migrate to the cloud. What are the predicted IT trends for this year?
Where data is stored matters
The conflict in Ukraine has highlighted the importance of the location of data backups, which are crucial to the functioning of both the state and businesses operating in strategic sectors of the economy. If the data center where the copies are stored is destroyed, access to them becomes impossible. Therefore, it is worth considering placing backups in a data center located in a secure area, ensuring that data can be recovered in the event of armed conflict or other catastrophic events.
UKRSIBBANK has server rooms in Kyiv – the focus of the Russian offensive, hence our decision to move our data centers to another country. Poland was the most natural choice, given the experience of the BNP Paribas Group financial group to which UKRSIBBANK belongs. The most important task was to create a Disaster Recovery environment for various systems operating in the bank – says Serhii Zagorulko, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, IT Director at UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group.
Law on the side of the cloud
It can be assumed that increasing importance will be attached to the use of cloud computing, which can already be seen at the project development stage and in tender bids. In regulated industries such as the financial sector, the law will be increasingly open to cloud computing, especially in the context of backup data centers.
The cloud is the cradle of new applications
The cloud is the perfect environment for developing a wide variety of applications – it enables the use of pre-built components, libraries, and solutions, which greatly simplifies the software development process. Many tasks are automated, which means that applications can now be configured quickly, without having to build them from scratch. The cloud also reduces infrastructure-related work, and the resources saved can therefore be used for business development.
In addition, the cloud makes it possible to create AI or ML-enabled applications and manage them at later stages. This trend will further accelerate the already huge demand for cloud services and computing power in the coming years.