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451 Research Pathfinder: Edging toward a secure hybrid cloud

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As enterprises balance on-premises, colocation and multicloud environments, the complexity of securing and connecting them continues to rise.

According to the recent findings from 451 Research (part of S&P Global Market Intelligence), organizations are embracing hybrid architectures to accelerate AI-driven innovation and future-proof infrastructure, but face growing challenges around compliance, latency and operational consistency.

This paper outlines how building security into interconnection and edge access networks helps enterprises gain the visibility, control and scalability they need. By combining virtualized network and security functions with private, high-performance interconnection, businesses can secure data flows, manage compliance across clouds and deploy new environments in minutes.

Explore ways to extend security and performance across hybrid cloud environments.

What you’ll learn:

  • How hybrid infrastructure is evolving and what’s driving the shift toward multicloud.
  • Why extending existing security controls through an edge access network reduces complexity and risk.
  • The role of direct cloud connections and colocation in improving reliability and compliance.
  • How virtualized services like Network Edge and automation accelerate deployment and scale for AI workloads.
  • Practical guidance on securing distributed environments with consistency and agility.
By extending existing security capabilities to edge access networks, businesses can wrap their cloud environments in well-known security functionality. The result is improved security posture, increased situational awareness and streamlined compliance processes.
Eric Hanselman
Chief Analyst, S&P Global Market Intelligence, 451 Research
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