As evolving technologies continue to support businesses around the globe in the reimagined workplace, FNTS looks forward to accelerating its growth and investments to best support organizations in meeting their strategic IT goals in 2022.
Cloud innovation, technology system modernization, cost optimization and providing exceptional service delivery will remain front and center as we work collaboratively with our partners and teams to solve challenges, create efficiencies and improve user experiences in your IT landscape.
The rapid adoption of public cloud and multi-cloud operating models will continue to be drivers for businesses wanting to get out of owning and operating data centers. The need to place technology in the most suitable environment will result in cost, performance and growth benefits. FNTS is uniquely positioned to assist organizations in developing the right multi-cloud strategy to meet their business objectives and provide thought leadership related to mainframe modernization and cloud strategies. Because of this vision, we are working toward completing Advanced Specializations within Azure for Mainframe Modernization, Azure Virtual Desktop and Azure Services. These specializations reinforce FNTS’ expertise in designing, migrating and supporting Azure deployments for specific use-cases.
In regard to mainframe environments, organizations are faced with post-pandemic challenges of recruiting and hiring mainframe professionals. Companies are weighing the financial risks of buying new mainframes with the ease and simplification of utilizing hosted mainframe services. We anticipate more mainframe modernization from companies wanting to rehost and replatform, meaning they are seeking both mainframe hosting services and application rationalization to migrate workloads from the mainframe to hyper-scale cloud environments. Application rationalization and mobility will continue to drive FNTS’ offerings in 2022, whether it be mainframe application rationalization to the private FNTS Cloud, Azure or through the implementation of microservices and containerization.
As the pace and complexity of security requirements continue to accelerate, both skill and diligence are necessary. Many of our clients have engaged our security team to tap into these skills, as well as keep from falling behind as new exploits surface. Managing and securing privileged credentials is one of the most pressing security challenges we're helping clients address with FNTS services.
Strategies for disaster recovery will continue to develop for the foreseeable future. The mobility of workloads to and from public and private clouds, as well as the ability to automate the recovery of workloads, will have increased importance. In 2022, we will develop and advance our storage, Backup-as-a-Service and Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service capabilities, including moving towards NVMe and Storage Class Memory, to help our customers manage data at scale. Exponential data growth requires technologies that can manage data easier, faster and more securely.
In the year ahead, we expect to expand our partnership with IBM by adding to their IBM Power VS Cloud capabilities with specific embedded solutions as it relates to encryption and crypto services for the IBM i platform. We also will continue the long-standing partnership we have had with the historic IBM GTS business unit, now called Kyndryl, by delivering Mainframe, IBM Power Systems and Cloud solutions.
Our Microsoft partnership also will evolve, with more activity occurring in mainframe modernization and Azure consumption. As we continue to go deeper into the Azure ecosystem, we’ll find additional ways to help clients leverage their Microsoft investment and bring new capabilities to their organizations.
Cyber Resilience has never been more important to companies, as they ensure they have the ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber threats. This is driving significant advancements in data protection strategies. Our partnership with Palo Alto will bring a wider array of security options and new approaches to enterprises, reducing organizational risk profiles.
The customer experience is important to FNTS. That’s why we have several initiatives underway to provide tools and self-service options to break down technology complexity in client operating environments:
FNTS continues to be a trusted adviser to businesses by helping them develop the right design and solution to meet their technical, security and budgetary objectives. Our ability to manage technologies across public, private and IBM technology clouds positions us to serve you at any stage of modernization or transformation. This past year was a great opportunity for us to improve our service value to businesses and expand the depth of our capabilities. We are excited to see what is possible in 2022.