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Mastering Multicloud: The Multicloud Challenge Checklist
Most organizations use a multicloud strategy — that is, a cloud approach involving more than one public cloud provider. Operating in a multicloud ecosystem has several benefits, but also brings distinct challenges along the way, especially when it comes to management. That’s where multicloud services come in. This checklist will help you evaluate your multicloud ecosystem for challenges and highlight which multicloud services your organization might need.
Why multicloud?
Performance
Some applications work better on specific cloud platforms.
Compliance
Certain cloud solutions may better meet required standards.
Diversification
Avoiding vendor lock-in is a common risk mitigation strategy.
Scalability
Distributing functions across clouds may add scale and security.
Benefits by the numbers
42% faster time to release applications
41% business productivity fewer hours spent on IT infrastructure
35% improvement in business productivity
The multicloud challenge checklist
Check any challenges your organization may be facing from the list below:
- Lack of platform interoperability
- CI/CD pipeline complexities
- Disparate app dev processes
- Multicloud workload alignment
- Modernizing applications
- Visibility into cost and compliance
- Virtualization and containerization
- Unifying cloud management
- High-cost and complex DR solutions
- Ransomware mitigation and recovery
- Need for VM format conversions
- Recovery point validation
- Maintaining visibility across platforms
- Complexity from multiple security tool sets
- Gaps between security solutions
- Global policy enforcement across clouds
- Role-based access control
- Reliable remote user access
- Unified endpoint management
- Maintaining enterprise compliance
- Cross-cloud data analytics
- Enabling services beyond a single cloud data plane
- Native cloud data plane limitations
- Connecting services across public and private cloud
Consider whether the corresponding multicloud service may be right for you:
Multicloud application services
Route requests to deploy a service at the best-fit location per use case, standardizing service control and consumption.
Multicloud infrastructure services
Create, configure, manage and realize infrastructure resources with automation and services for visibility, optimization and compliance.
Multicloud Disaster Recovery (DR) services
Gain on-demand DR and ensure operations can resume after a disaster event with pay-when-you-need failover capacity and instant power-on capabilities.
Multicloud security services
Gain consistent cross-cloud security with centralized security operations, global policy enforcement and one interface for visibility, context and control.
Multicloud end-user services
Leverage unified endpoint management and virtual desktop solutions to provide users secure access to multiple clouds with flexibility and speed.
Multicloud data plane services
Enable application availability and data analytics services across clouds with a multicloud data plane, which supports running hybrid applications in multiple environments.
Outcomes of multicloud services
- Reduced operational overhead
- Skill portability for developers and operators
- Improved observability and performance
- Stronger security posture
Master multicloud with Insight and VMware.
Take control of a complex cloud environment with multicloud service delivery from Insight and VMware. As a VMware Principal Partner, Insight delivers comprehensive strategy, implementation and support for your IT transformation with VMware’s leading-class solutions.
Sources:
VMware, Inc. (2022). The Era of Multi-Cloud Services Has Arrived.
VMware, Inc. (August 2021). FY22 H2 Benchmark, Digital Momentum.
