Putting data in the cloud may be an all-or-nothing proposition

Teradata CTO Stephen Brobst sees a hybrid future for most parts of information technology, but not for data stores. There's no shortage of technology and applications now moving into hybrid cloud situations, but enterprises need to think twice before splitting their data stores between clouds or on-premises environments. That's because network latency can still slow things down. That's the word from Stephen Brobst, chief technology officer with Teradata. I had the opportunity to sit down with Brobst at the latest Teradata Partners confab, where he laid out the state of cloud adoption. Some companies are lifting and shifting everything and anything right to the cloud, he relates. For others, the move is more gradual, usually starting off with functions such as dev/test and disaster recovery. Plus, cloud resources come in handy for bursting situations, such as seasonal surges in user demand.