As enterprises\u2019 demands look set to continue maturing this\nyear, they are better able to distinguish between cloud platforms and identify\nwhich ones work best for their applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s no longer about moving to cloud, it\u2019s about\nwhich cloud,\u201d said Andrew Cruise, Managing Director at Routed, Africa\u2019s only\nvendor neutral cloud infrastructure provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow that market penetration of cloud, particularly\ninternationally, has hit a critical mass, we see enterprises are much more\nconfident about moving workloads than before when it appeared they would be on\nthe bleeding edge. While there are still some concerns around uptime, performance\nand security, these are largely being addressed without any need to reinvent\nthe wheel.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Multi-cloud is already broadly being achieved through\nSaaS applications like Salesforce.com and Office365, through utilising an\nenterprise\u2019s own on-premise infrastructure, and via several other cloud\nplatforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrue multi-cloud however, involves IaaS from multiple\nproviders across native hyperscale IaaS (or PaaS) as well as private cloud,\nboth hosted and on-premise,\u201d explained Cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn order to successfully implement multi-cloud, an enterprise would need to replace parts of their overall infrastructure estate, either by re-hosting workloads (lift and shift) into a hosted private cloud, or re-architecting applications in a cloud-native way to suit native hyperscale clouds. Secure connectivity, either through VPN, SD-WAN or private circuit, is also a must.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot one single cloud can ever be the silver bullet to\nsolve all an enterprise\u2019s problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCloud only, hybrid cloud, or on-premise only\nsolutions are already legacy and too restrictive. Utilising a hosted private\ncloud for traditional applications as an initial \u2018lift-and-shift\u2019 can make it easier\nto digitally transform by alleviating pressures on on-premise resources and\nallow them time to properly re-architect suitable applications in the native\nhyperscale cloud.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the benefits of multi-cloud are impossible to\noverlook, enterprises need to think carefully about the best strategies for\nmanaging the complexity of multi-cloud environments. It is not possible to\nmanage mult-icloud effectively on-demand, manually, without automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSimilarly, human expertise will always be required,\u201d said\nCruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAny kind of one-size-fits-all thinking is bound to\nfail. Further, workload migration between on-premise and cloud and between\ncloud and cloud is non-trivial and the difficulties should not be\nunderestimated. Unless one standardises on a single platform across multiple\nclouds, for example, VMware ESXi (which is available on local VMware cloud\nproviders and on all the major hyperscalers too), the ideal of frictionless\nmigration between clouds is a pipedream.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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