Multi-Clouds: The Latest Cloud Computing Frontier
October 18, 2013
Grazed from TechSling. Author: Thomas Parent.
Cloud computing technology continues to evolve at an astounding pace. As more individuals and organizations have embraced this technology, cloud computing architecture has changed to accommodate increasingly diverse requirements. Initially, cloud computing was synonymous with public clouds which are hosted on shared servers.
When security concerns were raised, many organizations adopted private clouds which are housed on dedicated servers. These developments spawned hybrid clouds which incorporate both public and private clouds. Now multi-clouds are becoming popular. The term multi-cloud refers to multiple public and/or private clouds (this generally includes hybrid clouds as well)…
A recent study by Rightscale found that 77% of the respondents planned to implement multi-cloud strategies. These included 47% planning hybrid clouds, 15% planning multiple private clouds and 15% planning multiple public clouds. For companies with more than 1,000 employees, multi-cloud participation climbed to 88%. Notably, only 1% of businesses over 1,000 employees do not plan to use the cloud at all…
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