The Benefits and Requirements of Multi-Cloud Deployments

Network, Server, System, Infrastructure

An accomplished entrepreneur, Charles David Snyder serves as an executive with Realogic Solutions and LongReach Advisors in the Cleveland area. Possessing extensive experience in providing customized solutions to enterprise software companies, Cleveland-area resident C. David Snyder is knowledgeable about cloud computing.

While opting for a cloud-based platform may seem synonymous with off-site hosting environments, this is not always the case. One increasingly popular pathway is the multi-cloud or hybrid approach, in which users select exactly which individual elements fit into their corporate needs and vision. This enables cloud technologies to be flexibly deployed across already developed on-premises networks.

One major advantage of this approach is that it allows companies to mix and match the best of what providers offer. Vendor lock-in can be avoided and expenses reduced. A trade off of this approach is that native services within a single cloud may be mature and seamlessly interlinked. A cross-cloud architecture is by its nature complex, and often contains elements that need to be modified to optimize interaction with other clouds. Such an approach requires extensive planning, with various layers of heterogeneous cloud deployments managed and monitored.

Areas of primary concern include security, governance tooling, and artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps). In addition, a unified API-based and visual user interface is a necessity, so that the operational interfaces associated with each cloud provider do not become a headache for human operators.

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