Today’s guest on our Prediction Video Series is Margaret Hoagland, VP of Global Sales and Marketing at SIOS Technology. Hoagland discusses the company’s mission to protect critical applications from downtime and disasters through high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) software. Hoagland shares her predictions for 2025, highlighting the challenges facing the IT industry, and SIOS Technology’s focus areas for the coming year.

Hoagland believes that one of the key trends we will see in 2025 is IT generalists facing increasing demands as they take on responsibility for critical applications both in the cloud and on-premises. Many of these environments were initially set up by specialists and will exceed the capabilities of generalists creating difficulties for organizations. Hoagland also predicts that there will be a growing need for improved DR solutions in 2025, particularly for cloud-to-cloud (C2C) failover scenarios, as a result of IT teams seeking more resilient systems to prevent service disruptions.

The increasing complexity of IT infrastructure continues to be a challenge. Companies are working with a growing number of configurations and require significant technical resources to manage these environments effectively. Hoagland says, “The amount of technical resources required to manage them [complex environments] has become more complicated, and that will continue to grow exponentially.”

Hoagland also identifies rising vendor lock-ins with cloud providers as a key challenge for the coming year. Hoagland tells us that this is resulting in organizations seeking greater flexibility to use multiple clouds for different applications and use cases. Hoagland emphasizes the need for better tools to manage workloads across diverse cloud environments.

One of SIOS Technology’s key focuses for the coming year is making its products easier to use so that IT generalists can navigate and manage complex HA environments more effectively. Enhancements will focus on providing actionable insights and simplifying management processes.

Another key area for SIOS Technology in 2025 will be DR. The company will work with customers to enable seamless failover between clouds, on-premises systems, and within cloud availability zones. Hoagland explains that by offering flexible and robust DR options, SIOS Technology aims to address the diverse needs of its customers and help them stay prepared for evolving challenges.

Guest: Margaret Hoagland (LinkedIn)
Company: SIOS Technology
Show: 2025 Prediction Series

This summary was written by Emily Nicholls.