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Barracuda announced its new "Cloud Ready" program created to help organisations securely extend their workloads and applications into cloud environments. With each new purchase of an on-premises Barracuda NextGen Firewall or Barracuda Web Application Firewall – including both physical and virtual deployments – Barracuda offers a cloud license for the same solution in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (Azure) at no extra charge for up to 90 days. Leveraging Barracuda's cloud-enabled security suite, organisations can utilise their applications and workloads securely with the same powerful capabilities and intuitive user interface whether deployed on-premises or in the cloud.
According to BJ Jenkins, CEO at Barracuda, "In the burgeoning cloud era, IT buyers are in the difficult position of trying to meet the computing needs of today while determining where the compute environment will live over the next few years. With our "Cloud Ready" program, Barracuda helps to simplify that process. We are empowering customers to make the right decisions for their businesses today, while enabling them to begin sampling cloud with new or existing workloads secured with leading-edge application security and firewall technology."
Growing Cloud Adoption & Bridge-to-Cloud Global spending on cloud infrastructure is predicted to increase from $50 billion in 2016 to more than $228 billion by 2026. As many companies seek to use cloud resources, operating in a hybrid architecture is often a necessary part of cloud adoption. Thus, most IT organisations are trying to determine how their conventional on-premises infrastructure will work when they start using cloud resources, as well as what to put where, what works best in which environment, or what may need to be kept on-premises. Simultaneously, security remains a top concern and often a significant burden on under-resourced IT departments.
Michael Osterman, President and Principal Analyst, Osterman Research said, "While evaluating, implementing and managing security has always been difficult, it has been made more so in the cloud era. Offerings like Barracuda's 'Cloud Ready' program gives customers a way to leverage cloud resources and not worry about how they might allocate security resources. This program is particularly interesting for IT decision makers deciding what to manage on-premises, in the cloud, or using both delivery models in a hybrid approach."
Barracuda has proven to help customers transform their businesses in the on-prem world with competitive pricing, innovative packaging and simplified processes. In the spirit of continuing to make IT simple, secure and affordable for customers, Barracuda's "Cloud Ready" program provides a path for organisations to adopt cloud infrastructures.
Michael Hughes, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Barracuda also said, "Barracuda's built our business around simplicity. We've designed our business model to make things easy for customers to leverage advanced security technology for their businesses. Our 'Cloud Ready' program is a great example of this philosophy, giving customers the flexibility, choice and freedom to begin cloud deployments without upfront costs."
Customers deploying Barracuda solutions in cloud environments benefit from:
· Innovative security solutions: powerful, easy-to-use and handle network and application security solutions built for the cloud era.
· Simplified management across all environments: single pane of glass management across on-prem and cloud deployments, which means no difficult retraining or rethinking.
· Flexible deployment options: They provide security solutions directly via AWS, Azure and GCP, making it easy for customers to leverage hybrid cloud environments without worrying about how they are secured.
Mike Schutz, General Manager, Cloud Platform Marketing, Microsoft Corp described, "Every business is looking to the cloud to power their digital transformation securely and at global scale. Microsoft Azure and our partners are on the leading edge of this transformation. As a key security partner, we are pleased to see Barracuda continue to help accelerate our customers' innovation in the cloud."