This IDC Solution Brief provides insight for organizations looking to unify, automate, and proactively manage virtualized and cloud infrastructure and applications across on-premises and public cloud resources. It highlights VMware vRealize Suite, a comprehensive cloud management platform, as an example. IDC interviewed three organizations currently using a variety of VMware vRealize Suite capabilities to automate, monitor, and optimize their environments.  One of these intervies is qith Chris Butler, a …

Multicloud Storage for Dummies consists of five short chapters that explore the following:   - How the multicloud storage model aligns with modern business and IT initiatives  - Common barriers to cloud adoption and how a multicloud storage model addresses them - How to build a multicloud data center - What to look for in multicloud storage services - Real-world multicloud use cases