All cloud services are vulnerable to failure. Though technically correct, this argument is broadly used by industry dawdlers as a warning to cloud adoption. Further, if practical examples of cloud outages support this argument, the cloud industry as of now offers promising solutions to address these issues.
Multi-cloud infrastructure allows companies to maintain a hybrid cloud environment that allows a combination of security and cost savings simultaneously. The most security intensive workloads are stored in the private cloud while running consistent business data and apps in cost-effective public cloud networks.
Every cloud is created differently. These variances not only involve physical infrastructure components but include a varied range of functionality, characteristics, pricing models and policies, among other features.
Multi-cloud infrastructure allows organizations to mix and match platforms and vendors in a manner that their loads are not locked-in to specific cloud providers.
As a consequence, vendors control pricing and force businesses to stick with them over the long-term.
With the multi-cloud infrastructure, the datacenter nearest to end-users can serve the demanded data with minimum server hops. This competence is particularly useful for global companies that needs to serve business data across geographically different locations while sustaining a unified end-user experience.
