Hybrid IT is the new normal: Gery Messer

Gery Messer, Managing Director- Asia Pacific – CenturyLink

Hybrid IT is the new normal for the IT sector and it is something that CIOs are loving because it gives them very different capabilities, said Mr Gery Messer, Managing Director — Asia Pacific, CenturyLink in a video conversation with Winning Ways.

Living and working in Asia for over 20 years, Gery Messer is currently based in Singapore and leads CenturyLink as the Managing Director for Asia Pacific. CenturyLink is a leading global Hybrid IT provider.

Gery is a proven senior executive with +28 years of international experience in High Technology and Services companies building and directing businesses for global companies in Europe and Asia Pacific. Held numerous P&L and high impact revenue driving leadership positions with industry leaders such as NGA, Red Hat, EMC, Deloitte, SAP and IBM.

Gery says that hybrid IT is not just about the cloud. It is actually used in a much broader sense in terms of the infrastructure options and its integration of multiple IT assets.

In this conversation with Winning Ways, Gery speaks about the role of Hybrid IT, does a bit of crystal ball gazing into the world of Cloud Computing and also discusses on what it takes to run an effective business.

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network and data systems management, Big Data analytics and IT consulting, and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice, video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport network.