A1: Multicloud strategies often start with risk management, and then grow to fit for purpose, determining which applications (and their captive data) get the most benefit from each cloud's capabilities.
A2: Per Gartner hype cycle, probably the Slope of Enlightenment stage. CMP’s failed to deliver on abstracting CSP’s, leading to a “Trough of Disillusionment”. Now, the rise of Kubernetes as the default appdev target platform has revitalized the “abstract all the platforms" mvmt
A2: I think of multi-cloud as the intersection of strategy and technology. While adoption itself could near full saturation, I don’t believe it will ever “peak” but rather continue to evolve creating new opportunities for us to optimize our organizations.
A2: The adoption of multi-cloud is mature. Competition, and the desire for more market share, have driven the evolution of cloud provider infrastructure and capabilities to the point organizations could not ignore the richness of the marketplace as it relates to their needs.
A2 Systematic multicloud strategies are in the infancy stage - but cloud vendor independence is rapidly becoming a central CIO message. Increasingly IT departments avoid cloud-vendor specific solutions. Postgres is a leading example, as it runs in every cloud #eweekchat
A2: According to @Flexera state of the cloud report, 93% of enterprise organizations are already pursuing a #multicloud strategy. Ongoing IT investments will focus on optimizing multi-cloud architectures and deployments to realize strategic benefits and objectives.
A2: The multicloud approach helps businesses to tap the best qualities from each of the major #cloud providers and will continue to grow in terms of consumption.
A2: Multicloud is early on it's growth curve. There is a lot of potential as organizations determine their own cloud strategies and start their cloud journey.
A1: Many of our enterprise customers don’t intentionally choose multicloud. That decision is more BU &/or use case driven, with TTM, TCO, & vendor decisions playing a large role. In those cases, the IT org has to integrate those initiatives
A1: The inherent advantage of multi-cloud is aligning your organization's needs with cloud provider strengths, optimizing for what’s most important to you.
A1:... avoiding vendor lock ins and the associated costs and limitations. Other benefits include overcoming data gravity, leveraging purpose-built resources for your different business needs and enhancing disaster recovery capabilities.
A1: Motivations for choosing multi-cloud are going to vary. For some it’s a strategy motivated by a desire to align their needs with the strengths of cloud providers, or to optimize cost or performance. For others, it’s a necessity driven by data regulation or security governance
A1: Organizations are adopting multicloud to scale their services, increase agility and reduce their dependence on one cloud service provider or environment. There are several advantages to having a multicloud strategy such as obtaining best of breed services and avoiding...
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