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C A S E S T U DY: M I S S I O N 3
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Cost optimization: The reality of mid-sized organizations is they
are likely already leveraging multiple cloud vendors to support
different parts of the business (e.g. Active Directory for IT,
O365 for remote working, AWS for DevOps teams). Multi-cloud
strategy can be the fastest, least resistant path without major
impacts to budget. Cost-savings benefits can be seen when
shifting from on-prem to public cloud or hybrid infrastructure
to address needs for resiliency, space, and backup, in addition
to the benefits of scalability and ease of deployment in public
clouds.
Application or licensing affinity: It is no surprise that people
are comfortable with the types of applications with which they
typically work. Some work better within specific public cloud
environments (e.g. Microsoft for database users and AWS for
DevOps). This familiarity drives companies to move to multi-
cloud. Additionally, license portability plays a factor as they
evaluate cost vs. refactoring, looking to find a solution that is
most cost effective.
55% of workloads are expected to be in a public
cloud in the next 12 months
*
92% of enterprise respondents indicate they have
adopted or will adopt a multi-cloud strategy
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Delivery model adaptation: Organizations looking to scale
may need to adjust their delivery model to accommodate the
growth they are anticipating. This requires organizations to
revamp their security to align with new and/or adopting shared
responsibilities.
DRIVERS FOR MULTI-CLOUD
There
are
three
primary
drivers
for
multi-cloud
adoption
for
midsize
businesses:
Organizations will often pivot
around specific anchors
when it comes to multi-
cloud. For example, focus
on specific databases,
computing and processing
needs, and analytics. These
are all anchors for which
an organization may be
influenced to adopt one
public cloud provider over
another.
73%
2X
64%
70%
Public cloud
infrastructure adoption
has almost doubled in
five years
+
rate their security
readiness average or
below average
**
of SMB respondents
indicate their
workloads are in the
public cloud
*
of workloads reside in
public cloud
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