FINAL WORD
“
THE MULTI-
CLOUD IS A
GAME-CHANGER
FOR BOTH
BUSINESS AND
CONSUMERS.
IT WILL PAVE
THE WAY FOR
UNPRECEDENTED
INNOVATION.
The FOMC report comes at a time of
significant cloud receptivity.
According to the figures cited in the FOMC
report, 81% of global enterprises claim
to have a multi-cloud strategy in place.
Meanwhile, the Cisco Global Cloud Index
estimates that 94% of workloads and
compute instances will be processed by
cloud data centres by 2021.
“The multi-cloud is a game-changer for
both business and consumers. It will pave
the way for unprecedented innovation,
bringing cloud architects, DevOps,
NetOps and SecOps together to pioneer
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transformational services traditional
infrastructures simply cannot deliver. The
outlook for the coming years is bright and
full of potential,” said Josh McBain, Director
of Consultancy, Foresight Factory.
A new era of business innovation
The FOMC consensus is that those
delaying multi-cloud adoption will become
increasingly irrelevant.
New levels of service specialisation will
increasingly allow enterprises to find the
best tools for their specific needs, enabling
seamless scaling and rapid service delivery
innovations. Technologies set to drive this
transition include serverless architectures,
as well as Artificial Intelligence-powered
orchestration layers and configuration tools
to aid data-driven decision making. Fear of
vendor lock-in is expected to continue as a
key justification for multi-cloud investments.
“The multi-cloud ramp-up is one of the
ultimate wake-up calls in internal IT to get
their act together,” said Eric Marks, VP of
Cloud Consulting at CloudSpectator and a
FOMC contributor.
“One of the biggest transformative changes
is the realisation of what a high-performing
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