As business and IT leaders face increasing pressure to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-efficient technology strategies, one question keeps surfacing: Cloud, on-prem, or hybrid? The truth is, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, and that’s exactly why NWN launched the Intelligent Cloud offering.

What is Intelligent Cloud?
It’s our modern approach to a persistent challenge: balancing performance, security, and agility across both cloud and on-prem environments. We help organizations navigate the full lifecycle of application and data infrastructure—whether workloads live in public cloud, private data centers, or both. 

According to Gartner’s 2025 Market Trends Report, over 65% of enterprises will operate in a hybrid IT model, blending on-prem and cloud workloads based on business goals. Additionally, AI-enabled infrastructure is accelerating a resurgence of investment in private data centers. Our Intelligent Cloud offering is designed to support exactly this kind of hybrid, AI-ready architecture.

Why It Matters Now
AI is reshaping the demands on infrastructure. It’s not just about compute and storage anymore. It’s about data management/hygiene, as well as data gravity, real-time processing, compliance, and cost transparency. Intelligent Cloud addresses these with:

• AI-powered workload optimization
• Unified hybrid management
• End-to-end security and compliance
• Seamless workload migration and repatriation

Key Questions to Ask When Deciding Where Data and Workloads Belong

When mapping out your cloud journey, consider the following questions:

• Performance & Latency: Does your application require ultra-low latency or local compute resources?
• Compliance & Data Sovereignty: Are there regulatory or industry-specific requirements for where your data resides?
• Scalability Needs: Are your workloads seasonal, steady, or unpredictable? Can your environment flex accordingly?
• Innovation vs. Stability: Do you need rapid iteration and testing in the cloud, while keeping mission-critical apps in a stable on-prem environment?
• Cost Structure: Are you spending more by keeping underutilized infrastructure on-prem? Could cloud consumption lead to unpredictable costs?
• Support Capabilities: Does your team have the expertise and resources to manage hybrid environments around the clock?

Our solution is ideal for CIOs, IT Directors, and Architects seeking a single, trusted partner to deliver and manage infrastructure across public cloud and on-prem, including platforms like Azure, Cisco, and HPE.

Why NWN?
Unlike vendors that only focus on one side—cloud or data center—we understand that most organizations need both. Intelligent Cloud lets customers avoid compromise, ensuring the right workloads run in the right place, for the right reasons, while being managed seamlessly by NWN. And with the The Experience Management Platform, you get world-class managed services and actionable insights, empowering your teams with the confidence, visibility, and control to evolve your IT strategy without complexity.

If you’re facing the question of cloud, on-prem, or hybrid—let’s connect. NWN’s Intelligent Cloud has the answers you need.