FEATURE: CLOUD SOLUTIONS
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Globally, 85% of enterprises
are operating in a multi-cloud
environment with most of
the balance planning on
embracing this methodology
by 2021. Trent Odgers, Cloud
and Hosting Manager, Africa,
at Veeam, says that, in South
Africa, the recent arrival of
multinational data centres,
as well as carrier and cloud
neutral data centres, means
that expectations are high
that local organisations will
follow suit.
in the beginning of the journey are starting
to manage their budget smarter in order
to deliver on their business requirements in
increasingly innovative ways.
Already, businesses are experimenting more
with multi-cloud strategies and solutions
better suited to the new way of doing
business in a more consumption-based model.
One of the key things behind this adoption
is the ability to get data to and from
cloud providers simply, safely and securely
thanks to advanced backup and availability
solutions that have built in cloud connect
capabilities. These capabilities assist in
delivering true multi-cloud capabilities
without the risk of lock in.
Companies can, therefore, shift between
providers as their needs change, or if they
are not happy with service delivery. This is in
stark contrast to the past when this used to
be a complicated and time-intensive process.
Backup and availability
U
nlike a hybrid cloud which
combines private and public
cloud services for a common
goal, multi-cloud entails using
different clouds for different tasks. For
example, provider X might be used for data
warehousing while provider Y might be relied
on for Machine Learning capabilities and
provider Z for productivity capabilities.
In the last few years, we have seen more
South African companies actively putting
plans in place to migrate to multi-cloud and
many have mature models in place. Those
organisations who began the process a while
ago have already realised lower costs and
improved service delivery, while those still
South
Africa ‘is
well on
its way to
becoming a
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More sophisticated backup and availability
solutions that provide effective and reliable
ways of migrating data between cloud
providers and even from the cloud to on-
premise and vice versa are aiding in this
pursuit. This means that when you are
reviewing your data protection strategy, you
need to ensure that your vendor has these
advanced restore capabilities built into the
software. This gives decision-makers the
peace of mind they need to examine the
opportunities that are provided in the multi-
cloud world.
There is no single reason behind this push to
the multi-cloud. Aspects such as improved
connectivity at lower costs, ease of use,
cloud-first
market’
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