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Authored by Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Chairman, CtrlS & Cloud4C

12 billion connected devices. Over 8000 LEO satellites.6 billion internet users.65% digitization of Global GDP. Over $6 trillion investments Can we truly comprehend where the digital age is headed?

If 2021heralded the digital resilience age post the largest catastrophe in recent history, 2022 would be marked for revivalism and action.Billions of consumers across the world have grown habituated to the online lifestyle and enterprises across verticals have well responded to the e-fire;imbibingdigital-first business strategies.But the larger question remains: Do organizationsperceive tech as evolution enablement for global servicing or the key chauffeur to theirvisions of tomorrow? The above statistical reflection would answer the conundrum crystal clear.

Digital Twin for Everything: The Inevitable Evolution

Lets face it. Humanity isgalloping towardsan unfathomable transformation: a digitally connected, holistic, and intelligent planet. While that mightread like aleaf straight outofa science fiction book, reality speaks otherwise.Silicon Valley and its contemporaries are already betting hundreds of billions of dollars on the next generation of the internet (Web 3.0, Internet of Everything) and thatcertainly wont be limited to the fancy devices on your palms or desktops.The internet would graduate out of 2D boxes to assume a more immersive, 3-D avatar where our lives are embedded,connectedwithin immersive experiences.Embedded learning, Mixed Reality,Telehealth,decentralized services, satellite-powereddigital services,Smart Living via Automation and AI, connectedsmartdevices; the list is a never-ending one.As much as that soundsfascinating, theres a massive IT drillbrewingindoors; fundamental essentiality to conform to theaboveneo-digital era.

Does your IT landscape have what it takes?

Hardware manufacturers, digital infra giants, solution providers, application builders are relying on revolutionary technologies powered by agile cloud platforms to design, build, deliver, and manage cutting-edge digital innovations across the globe without a hitch. Behind those uninterrupteddatastreams,zero delay order fulfillments, undisrupted online communications, super-fastproduct launches, and peaceful remote workflowslie the magic of cloud and the perseverance of millions of ingenious developersacross boundaries and cultures.

Resilience and Revolutions: Designed and Delivered through Hybrid andMulti-cloud at Edge

In essence, the global digital connectivity age would bebred, innovated, and disbursed via cloud storage, networking, compute, and software ecosystems running not only in gargantuan centralized datacenters but increasingly towards the edge.Termed as the Business Everywhere Hybrid cloud revolution, 2022 would witness an enhanced inclination tothemuch-awaited paradigm shift: distributed cloud computing. Simply put, the explosive influx of high-fidelity dataflowspaired with exponentially enhanced computing needs right down to the Tier-3 and 4 regions would necessitate a new mandate of delivering cloud IT platformsright at the source of traffic for maximum availability, high-speed experiences.Enterprises offering digital services to firms or consumers alike would deployhybrid cloud architectures packaged in specialized solutions right at those edge hotspots,seamlessly connected to the central whole. Yournew cloud could beincommunity centers, local hubs, smart city complexes,orevenwithintheEVyou might be driving today!

Being the worlds leading application-focusedCloud MSP, we have partnered with Hyperscalers, Datacenter Providers, Hardware Infra Architects, and ISVs across the globeto accelerate the Edge-drivenHybrid and Multi-cloud revolution. Under a single SLA, we promise enterprises end-to-end migration, modernization, and management paired with 4-way Disaster Recovery, Intelligent Security, and Hyperautomationsolutions.Our award-winning, proprietary Self-Healing Operations Platform sets the bar even higher, integratingall IT andCloudOpsplatforms across global locations or edge environments into a universal pane of glass paired with Intelligent Threat Prediction and Auto-remediation. Filtering the jargon, an enterprise basically can architect, operate, and manageitsentire IT stack anywhere and everywhere from a single pane of glass at utmost security.Heading into 2022, we are fullycommitted to empowering millions of enterprises and their billions of consumers across the globe with the true realization of afully connected, intelligent digital era.

Sustainable Transformation: A Need for Humanity and the Planet

However,every evolution has its own expenses and thats where lurks the most significant IT trend of 2022 and beyond; Sustainable Computing. Faster data speeds, agile delivery, 24/7 uninterrupted experiences deserve colossal amounts ofcomputing prowess and hence electricity,severely impacting energy and water reserves.Last year, 62% of global energy demands weremet through fossil fuels, renewables accounting for only 20%.Thats an unfortunate lot of carbon footprint spilling extra horrors when considered the Connected Everywhere dream,hencered-flaggingtheneed tomass-adopt green IT measuresright from the root infra till the frontend application layer.

Datacenters need to increasingly operate on renewable energies, run power-efficient serversand cores, inspire lesser water wastage for coolant systems, and prevent usage overloads. Platformand software solutionsmustbe optimized for maximum power efficiency while running just as they are architected for scalability, agility, and performance. Recycling measures for hardware infra materials should be encouraged with additional time, resources, and finances. Client enterprises, regardless of industry vertical, shouldopt for green IT vendors even if that necessitates slightly higher budget allocations.End consumers should be aware of their own digital carbon footprints and equally vocalize for sustainable services.CtrlS progressive vision and aggressive steps towards 100% renewal energy-powered data centers by 2025, and zero carbon footprint by 2030 has won many accolades worldwide.

Only when all factionseffectively collaborate, can we realize the everywhere connected, intelligent age in full harmony with natural existence. Thatsthe vision we at Cloud4C truly dream to empower.

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