{"id":2578,"date":"2016-10-01T00:29:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T22:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=2578"},"modified":"2022-02-06T00:00:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T23:00:46","slug":"cloud-cuckoo-home-or-heaven-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wolkenkuckucksheim-oder-himmel-auf-erden\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud cuckoo land or heaven on earth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The run on the public <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-g90pjg68yq5mhq1g01soq6iyf6v78xhs\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span> is in full swing - also in the DACH market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No question about it,<\/strong> The public <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-distngsgqsflhb40b9idvefh2lo57yhp\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span> has set a new standard in IT. <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-vwi1zmfks48u7ab1b7lzmlx5xxawqq2t\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Scalability<\/span>The new imperatives are automation, standardization and demand-oriented use.<\/p><div id=\"great-1859247044\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en great-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ZGXMPyM-nU\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"banner_26-04_29_1200x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In all these respects, the cloud is superior to traditional data center infrastructures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Worse:<\/strong> Your own colleagues expect the same from IT as they do from their own <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-hlau0fvv7s5qnhr1ozxdc498nj82c9hg\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span>-providers in the private sector. As a result, shadow IT is growing and the company's own reputation among management and users is suffering.<\/p>\n<p>The recipe for success of yesteryear, especially from <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-kcitbq69whjmxi8bw2fbbxvbrakfjrph\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span>-existing customers, namely perfectly coordinated systems and infrastructure components, customized core solutions for ERP, and numerous integrations to other enterprise solutions such as CRM, seem to be becoming a stumbling block.<\/p>\n<p>Because the digital transformation means in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-4jk6gy06wogcq3lt52962s30614f979g\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Data center<\/span>, new services and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-4vl2gb5ul58zybkflgy39gw0qfsrz86d\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Applications<\/span> flexible and, above all, fast to users, but also to involve end customers in the digital value chain.<\/p>\n<p>Even the technical advances of the 2000s, such as all-flash arrays in the storage sector or the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-fv3k8xeo5mw47lchq23gw1yhncw69mec\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span> the server little to nothing. Because here, too, the limits are set in terms of <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-bmx9lzn3r6918ikhm199gshzv3cf40x5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Scalability<\/span>, flexibility, complexity and above all <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-dkzrptcg5t7ehcx2ianl2efxnha03j6s\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Costs<\/span> still too rigid.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, the known <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-367kqraut9rdn688e9nxzrayp7nl7amd\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span>-sizes like <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-z7sg5ltkvv845uy99pg2z3b2lg0thmy6\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Amazon<\/span>Facebook and Google have taken a different approach from the outset and control their own data centers solely through software.<\/p>\n<p>This reduces the dependence on and, above all, the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-wa7jdkzrfbgry4qp95lwkcji6yybxte6\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Costs<\/span> for <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-r25tofgnc80wrcgfrh5i7so2o7ov86ei\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Hardware<\/span> massive, allows a linear <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ig1k3xe4u9l8flg31nfofcri7spycd3u\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Scalability<\/span> and radically shortens implementation times for new services.<\/p>\n<p>So what could be more logical than to use the range of established <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cloud cuckoo land or heaven on earth?\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2594 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-2016-12-02-um-14.58.21.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-12-02-um-14-58-21\" width=\"238\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-2016-12-02-um-14.58.21.png 238w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-2016-12-02-um-14.58.21-100x462.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-jfit6mbxiyk60kbdh1adqmnad6vaq8da\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span>-providers and to take on their <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ok8ivsyjokndmruvy8hmxl40weqw2inq\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Infrastructure<\/span> for your own environment?<\/p>\n<p>What sounds so simple turns out to be far more complicated on closer inspection. Crisp Research has identified three hurdles in particular: complexity, costs and compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Carlo Velten on this:<\/p>\n<p><em>\"The complexity of enterprise environments doesn't just disappear into the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-d4p6ekh9ldanf2xuijadip1y5g0sr6ok\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span>but must be purchased and managed there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Often, due to a lack of knowledge and resources, automation potentials remain unused and too much capacity is kept in reserve because the real demand is difficult to predict.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All this leads to higher <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ui1cala20asbq6hs4zxsy6wyi0zvotpj\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Costs<\/span> And less agility than hoped for.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This leaves the legal imponderables of differing local regulations with regard to data protection or their existence before high courts. For example, the painstakingly negotiated Privacy Shield could suffer the same fate as its predecessor Safe Harbor.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-v6if9tlo7rmo2i65xfwci4oda33eg4ar\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Company<\/span> what Velten calls a \"digital infrastructure platform\".<\/p>\n<p>This must meet the four characteristics already mentioned of the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-lum5e0jna8uvy72izl4be4797k7ovw9a\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Scalability<\/span>automation, standardization, and demand-oriented use, even in the company's own <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-pkyuxfsb2gdb4agxg1scmcgaefosagru\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Data center<\/span> show<\/p>\n<p>Because the modern <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-7n657qimxiidblbl01z0kt7sar41hljf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Applications<\/span> are increasingly being used from the outset for the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-li8weykwzwcotuiv81g0kaqy4zf8s4jc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span> programmed and use current technologies such as <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-j177m3bi4c8djpr17nh3cnnltmswwl91\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span> or containers. Moreover, in many cases they are designed to be made available to the end customer via the web.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nutanix estimates that, on average, only a quarter of all workloads in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-wdu9spdi1t3gqt14ren8wgmxuu9pnk0d\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Company<\/span> so much elasticity that for their operation public <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-sls5pduv7lh3cnfclcdhnudv25oxht7a\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span>-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-21015c3i4ysnswxwpnyauu0sfitvy0tl\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Infrastructures<\/span> are absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of enterprise applications can therefore still be used in-house. <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-rsiu7u7xkigbaxv3iuav5awmwz4m2k6c\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Data center<\/span> provide - provided that the local <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-1wfco2csh68i6eggdwrz1r6au8q2azfk\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Infrastructure<\/span> follows the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-6dcvyet7nfanryrv37ujnjx8ieh5cx8q\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span>-Paradigm.<\/p>\n<p>Classic three-tier architectures are becoming less and less suitable for this. Because although it is now possible to deploy a virtual machine within minutes, the corresponding provisioning at the storage or network level takes days or weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Problems with interoperability between different storage platforms and the need to keep more rather than fewer resources for performance reasons encourage the formation of IT silos in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-vpqg4d6ne6acub6pduodn740balj2wde\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Data center<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>These make resource sharing difficult and sometimes even impossible.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-l72kuo5f49e8aoh6lnh37ddej250zujy\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Enterprise<\/span> <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-6afznor3v3uyb5d8tlsh7en84mvvyb59\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Clouds<\/span> as a solution<\/h2>\n<p>Nutanix and Lenovo provide a solution that enables the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-t69q49b8nwp0lr2sz94z0bloq44yo1j9\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span>-paradigm in own <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-r110jndouxa9nyn9fokuv5t630n383i3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Data center<\/span> realized and the limits of classical <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-pmsr01t8fhffbz4ilu2kwbqotoq4sd99\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Infrastructures<\/span> overcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Nutanix stands for software control of the infrastructure components and removes the barriers between private and public <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-dfe5lweq36ie27j9ft0mbc3qxhi29oyw\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span>, while <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-bgbx1ycy43mkhg3gt852xg1opgb9pg9p\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Lenovo<\/span> provides the matching appliances with its HX series.<\/p>\n<p>With its centralized management console, Nutanix makes the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-8grue9q6pip3a50z9dadw7ceipjhv8tl\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Infrastructure<\/span> for the administrator from the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-oaaafcwyo3aku7biy7ej4b78g63te54v\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Hardware<\/span> invisible all the way up to the hypervisor, so that IT has the freedom to take care of services and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-7gx3wbqq8tn0byl8c8btadoqxvjzurrj\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Applications<\/span> to take care of.<\/p>\n<p>From the user's perspective, it will be as fast and \"cool\" as public <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-h9gffn75ndv8265ysdvfax1v2z2i7wq3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span>-offers, but retains full control and data sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Where necessary and warranted, the public <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-pj7ks45ei0lpk4dntniloq6v73n07hiz\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span> flexible integration, a real <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-os6y2jo8pwfukeboaamabcu3tblta9cj\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Enterprise<\/span> <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-vsyw380y1vlqsdbvra9yaj326o0l7tjh\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span> arises.<\/p>\n<p>According to <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-itezwasgsqhpt53yhzludoijxtl8pkdg\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span> the future of IT will be hybrid or bimodal. With the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-27dzjy2z3ejrkdib59k4wrz9imkj8wag\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Enterprise<\/span> <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-3hvq699qp8dii9iby09oviztvwrnyi0f\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud, but native!<\/span> from Nutanix to Lenovo appliances, this future is for <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-p8e6rg7xa9fz899ta6nd7l3cpgeh0we8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span>-customers has already become a reality.<\/p>\n<p>This is not yet heaven on earth, but it is a real solution to real problems.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why and how does the cloud paradigm need to be adopted by existing SAP customers? Few existing SAP customers are prepared for the public cloud. Cost, complexity and legal risks are difficult to manage. So how can the balancing act between the need for more agile IT and control in their own data center be achieved? The Nutanix concept of the enterprise cloud provides the answer. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":2583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[711,704],"tags":[623,145,39,174,222,647,65,724,5481,179,961,725,4163],"coauthors":[22192],"class_list":["post-2578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coverstory-0816","category-mag1610","tag-amazon","tag-automatisierung","tag-cloud","tag-compliance","tag-facebook","tag-google","tag-hana","tag-hardware","tag-komplexitaet","tag-kosten","tag-schatten-it","tag-skalierbarkeit","tag-standardisierung","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",1000,667,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",400,267,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",1000,667,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-100x67.jpg",100,67,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-480x320.jpg",480,320,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-640x427.jpg",640,427,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-720x480.jpg",720,480,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-960x640.jpg",960,640,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",1000,667,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",1000,667,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",1000,667,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",1000,667,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",1000,667,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",18,12,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",1000,667,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",1000,667,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",1000,667,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",600,400,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman.jpg",600,400,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-Raainman-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Warum und wie muss das Cloud-Paradigma bei SAP-Bestandskunden Einzug halten? Nur wenige SAP-Bestandskunden sind auf die \u00f6ffentliche Cloud vorbereitet. Kosten, Komplexit\u00e4t und rechtliche Risiken sind nur schwer beherrschbar. Wie kann also der Spagat zwischen der Notwendigkeit einer agileren IT und der Kontrolle im eigenen Rechenzentrum gelingen? Das Nutanix-Konzept der Enterprise Cloud gibt Antwort. <\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/coverstorys\/coverstory-0816\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Coverstory 16-10<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/mag1610\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 16-10<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Bas Raayman, Nutanix","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/bas-raayman\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}