Navigating the Complexities of Multi-Cloud Adoption

As companies continue to embrace multi-cloud adoption, they are discovering that it comes with unique challenges. However, solution providers are rising to the occasion and creating strategies to address the complexities of multi-cloud adoption. In this article, we will explore the key initiatives that companies are undertaking to maximize the value of multi-cloud while minimizing the total cost of ownership (TCO).

Maximizing Value with Modern Infrastructure, Operations, and Applications

Maximizing the value of multi-cloud adoption begins with modernizing infrastructure, operations, and applications. Companies are increasingly distributing applications across multiple cloud environments, including their own data centers, public clouds, and edge environments. As a result, IT teams are changing, and individuals within the company are having to take on roles that span multiple cloud environments. As such, companies must navigate different cloud operating models, skillsets, tools, processes, SLAs, and security models, which can lead to greater risk, longer time-to-value, and higher cost.

Lowering Total Cost of Ownership for Business-Critical Applications

Lowering the total cost of ownership for business-critical applications is an essential aspect of multi-cloud adoption. Companies must take into account not only the technology costs but also the enterprise-class support and workload migration costs. A lower cost of ownership for business-critical applications means that companies can take advantage of multi-cloud architectures and free up investment for new innovation initiatives.

Meeting the Unique Needs of Multi-Cloud Users

The unique needs of multi-cloud users have led to the development of several platform improvements. For example, some companies moving workloads to the cloud have realized they’d prefer to scale their storage requirements independent of their compute needs. To meet that request, new storage services have been introduced that allow users to create an elastic pool of resources then provision workloads into that pool. Additionally, new capabilities for disaster recovery and data protection have been introduced, giving users the ability to revert to the last good copy of every VM in their environment in the event of an attack.

Managing Multi-Cloud Environments with Ease

Managing multi-cloud environments is an evolving process, especially as companies run applications in private data centers, public clouds, across various cloud platforms, all the way out to the edge. Managing multi-cloud environments is complex, and companies need to establish teams of engineers who can integrate products across platforms and clouds. New platforms have been introduced that allow companies to connect and answer questions across various disciplines and technologies, providing a common language for managing multiple clouds.

The Future of IT Architecture: Pragmatic Modernization

The future of IT architecture lies in pragmatic modernization. Companies can embrace multi-cloud and modernize their infrastructure, operations, and applications with common platforms, enterprise-class capabilities, and a management model that allows them to add cloud resources that seamlessly scale. Successfully adopting multi-cloud requires the right strategies and solutions that minimize TCO while maximizing value.