The Era of Multi-cloud and Associated Data Challenges
Viewpoint

29 Nov 2022
by Vishal Gupta, Mansi Gupta, Pravina Jayaraman

Enterprises are utilizing data in innovative ways and fast realizing the importance of making it accessible, reliable, and secure. Cloud-based systems enable organizations to share and consume data at scale, which reduces the time to gather meaningful insights and drives better decision-making. In recent years, cloud adoption has gained significant ground with hyperscalers investing in end-to-end Data and Analytics (D&A) services to augment their cloud infrastructure capabilities. However, a single cloud vendor can no longer meet all enterprise requirements, which is compelling enterprises to adopt a multi-cloud approach, with most enterprises having two or more clouds in their ecosystems.

The multi-cloud ecosystem allows enterprises to move between different clouds, leverage best-of-breed solutions, avoid vendor lock-ins, optimize costs, increase the availability of applications and data, and ensure regulatory compliance and governance of data. However, multi-cloud environments present certain data-related challenges due to their associated complexities.

In this report, we examine the emergence of multi-cloud and its associated data challenges and recommend possible ways to tackle these challenges.

Scope

All industries and geographies

Contents

This report looks at:

  • Rise in cloud adoption
  • Emergence of hybrid and multi-cloud ecosystems
  • Key reasons for multi-cloud adoption
  • Common data challenges that enterprises face when adopting a multi-cloud architecture
  • Methods to address the data challenges

Membership(s)

Data & Analytics

Sourcing and Vendor Management

 

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