How to stay ahead of the transformations in Corporate Cloud, according to Edge UOL

Specialist highlights essential pillars for good management of a multicloud infrastructure

In a scenario where cost efficiency, data security, and innovation support are the main drivers for hybrid cloud adoption, the ability to manage multiple IT environments has become a critical competitive differentiator. Aware of this trend, Edge UOL, a Brazilian company specializing in cybersecurity and IT infrastructure services, highlights the essential factors for organizations to not only keep up with, but also lead, corporate cloud transformations.

In recent years, the market has experienced an accelerated migration to the public cloud. However, the current market landscape has forced many companies to reevaluate and repatriate their workloads to environments that offer cost predictability, greater control, and protection.

In this context, a hybrid infrastructure that combines public, private, or on-premises cloud environments presents itself as the most effective strategy, generating financial and operational gains, in addition to meeting compliance and security requirements.

“Every software project or application has its own needs, and the hybrid approach gives us the right tool for each job, whether it’s the scalability of the public cloud for peak access or the performance and controlled costs of the private cloud for a critical database,” argues Rodrigo Rangel Lobo, COO of Edge UOL. “It’s the freedom to innovate without sacrificing governance.”

While it’s the best option, the complexity of orchestrating on-premises infrastructure with public and private cloud services requires a well-defined strategy to avoid risks and optimize investments.

To help corporations on this journey, Edge UOL outlines three fundamental pillars for mastering the corporate cloud landscape:

1. Centralized visibility and control: Effective management of hybrid environments requires complete visibility. Unified multicloud platforms allow you to monitor consumption, control costs, and apply governance policies across different providers and the on-premises architecture, ensuring compliance and avoiding “shadow IT”.
2. Unified and proactive security: Distributed data and applications, combined with traditional defenses, increase vulnerability to cyberattacks. A modern strategy requires unified security, with monitoring and observability, to proactively protect identities, data, and workloads.
3. Automation and intelligent orchestration: In complex hybrid environments, manual management is unfeasible. Automation, via orchestration with IaaC and AI (AIOps), ensures efficiency, rapid provisioning, standardization, performance optimization, and remediation, freeing IT teams to focus on innovation.