ecision to increase
nd can optimise
turn on cloud
estments by flexibly
pinning multicloud
resources
up or down to
meet business
requirements.
ere are also
sive advantages
ing a vendorapproach.
ndors naturally
ghtly different
s, meaning a
g multi-cloud can
ts as soon as they
fast’ – rigorously
develop new
empowers
ll out new services
e with innovation
petitive advantage.
also leads to robust
services. If the
ail, another cloud
ity for failover.
BLY
GEST
FOR
ESS OF
LOUD
ION
MEA IS
UTION
OURCE
OGIES.
A MULTI-CLOUD
ENVIRONMENT
DRIVES MANY
BENEFITS FOR
BUSINESSES IN
TERMS OF COST,
INNOVATION AND
RELIABILITY.
The robustness of this model makes it
popular with organisations operating
services that cannot withstand downtime,
such as financial institutions or telco
operators. As well as this, there is a
powerful and potent mix of public cloud
services on offer, from bare-metal servers to
serverless computing, which are continually
updated by providers. Businesses can
easily switch to more advanced workloads
without having to buy, install and operate
more of their own infrastructure.
Possibly the biggest reason for the
success of multi-cloud adoption across
EMEA is the evolution of open source
technologies such as Kubernetes which
have enabled organisations to overcome
the challenge of complexity.
A factor which has previously caused
a lot of hesitation around multi-cloud
adoption is that deploying cloud platforms
and services from multiple vendors is
complicated, especially when it comes
to pulling them together in a way that
doesn’t hinder productivity or innovation.
However, Kubernetes aid the
orchestration of containers to limit
disruption with each new implementation
and enables development teams to
efficiently move workloads around a
multi-cloud environment. The commercial
benefits of this approach are also clear,
as it avoids businesses being locked
into a single vendor and at the mercy of
cost increases. ◊
www.intelligentdatacentres.com