How do IT leaders connect their newly modernised data centres to the public cloud to take advantage of cloud services? In the second episode of HPE Data Unleashed, Guy Smith, head of technology solutions at CDW, discusses this transformation with Nick Dyer, HPE’s global storage field CTO and technologist. Topics covered include the real costs of cloud, benefits such as agility, governance, compliance and security, as well as the concept of deploying on premises while taking advantage of cloud architecture and the flexibility of shifting to cloud if desired. Also: Everything as a Service, HPE’s GreenLake solution, Cloud Volumes, a single unified portal using machine learning for management, virtualisation, and using IT as an innovation centre rather than a cost centre.