Adopting as-a-service models for IT infrastructure continues to accelerate in today's economic uncertainty and budget scrutiny environment. Organizations face the challenge of responding faster to new initiatives and staying within budget constraints. This requirement for improved IT agility necessitates re-evaluating traditional procurement strategies of significant capital investment, long planning and procurement cycles. Organizations are embracing XaaS to reduce IT ecosystem complexity, align usage with the budget and improve operational efficiencies.

This IDC whitepaper, "Hybrid IT Flexible Consumption Models Provide Customers with Options on How They Want to Consume," addresses the business, technology and operational considerations businesses must note when migrating applications and workloads to new deployment models. These models encompass on-premises, colocation and the public cloud. Strategic planning should encompass the impact on people, processes and technology to ensure enterprises can leverage the benefits of migrating to modernized hybrid infrastructure. This alignment is crucial for supporting their digital transformation roadmaps. This IDC whitepaper examines the advantages of using as-a-service consumption models and discusses the offerings from HCLTech and Dell Technologies.