| |March 20189CIOReviewA hybrid cloud analytics solution offers complete transparency to the end users about where the data resides, and where the analysis happensA. Transparency ­ First off, a hybrid cloud analytics so-lution offers complete transparency to the end users about where the data resides, and where the analysis happens. Any user should be able to access their environment, from any device, and choose what data and/or applications they want to view and interact with, regardless of where it sits and runs. You should have a universal hub which represents eve-rything available to a user based on their role and security permissions, not the location of where things re-side and run. B. Location Enforcement ­ For many reasons, customers may choose that specific data sources, and/or the analysis that is run against those data sources, should stay in a particular environment. Typically, they want to restrict data and/or the analytical applications with that data to an on-premise environment, be-hind their own firewall. This may be due to several reasons including but not limited to industry regulations or data that represents a company's most secret competitive weapon. Regardless, we believe a properly governed solution enables organiza-tions to define rules around where data and/or the analysis on that data can be stored or run. For example, you might choose that a particular data source is too sensitive to allow outside of the firewall, and that any analytical application that uses that data source should also therefore run behind the firewall. By simply designating this in a management console, you can create enforcement rules regarding where things can and will reside based on that dataset. C. Orchestrated Entitlement- One obvious need is for organiza-tions to be able to easily manage entitlements and licensing for their user base across the hybrid cloud so-lution. This is a basic element of "or-chestration between the platforms". D. Bi-Directional Migration ­ If the whole point is to enable cus-tomers to choose where data and analysis should occur, based on their own criteria, then the solution must allow for bi-directional migra-tion to/from one infrastructure en-vironment to another in the hybrid cloud deployment. E. Interoperability ­ The rapidly changing dynamics of the global business landscape are driving desilofication of data. With data analytics becoming more em-bedded in workflows, there is a growing need for solutions that can be deployed across multiple envi-ronments and use-cases. Any hybrid data analytics platform will therefore have to offer extensibility, embedda-bility, and modern APIs to meet this demand for more open, interopera-ble, and flexible analytics operations.F. Embedded Contextual Insights ­ Data-driven insights are powerful, but only if they are provided in the right context at the right time to the right user. Hybrid cloud analyt-ics makes it possible for contextual data to be embedded into user work-flows. This allows for seamless and real-time access to the most relevant information, which in turn drives significantly better decision-making.G. Single Management Console ­ You knew we had to go there. Yes, a hybrid cloud analytical solution should be managed as one, seamless environment across infrastructure boundaries, so it should be managed via a single console. Period. So ask your teams and your ven-dors these questions when thinking about your long-term hybrid cloud analytics strategy:- Can the user access data from any device based on their role and secu-rity permissions and not be limited by restrictions related to where the data resides?- Can we define rules around where data and/or the analysis on that data can be stored or run?- Can we create enforcement rules on where things can and will reside based on the sensitivity and security of that dataset?- Can we manage user entitlements and licensing between the platforms? - Can we migrate data to and from one infrastructure environment to another? - Can we manage all our data in one seamless environment across cloud and on premise infrastructure?
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