www.techrepublic.com
Open in
urlscan Pro
35.171.208.174
Public Scan
URL:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/
Submission: On May 02 via api from CH — Scanned from DE
Submission: On May 02 via api from CH — Scanned from DE
Form analysis 8 forms found in the DOM
/search/
<form action="/search/" class="search-bar">
<label id="label-nav-site-search" for="nav-site-search"> Search </label>
<input type="search" autocomplete="off" name="q" id="nav-site-search" value="" placeholder="What are you looking for?" required="">
<button type="submit" disabled="disabled">
<svg role="img" aria-labelledby="label-nav-site-search">
<use href="#smart-search-icon"></use>
</svg>
</button>
</form>POST https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/
<form method="POST" action="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/">
<input type="email" class="read-write" aria-label="Enter your email" name="join-signin-email" placeholder="Enter your email" autofocus="" required="">
<input type="submit" value="Continue" class="btn-trigger">
</form>POST https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/?tr-login=1
<form method="POST" action="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/?tr-login=1">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/">
<input type="email" name="join-signin-email" value="" readonly="" required="" class="readonly">
<input type="password" name="signin-pw" aria-label="Enter your password" placeholder="Enter your password" autofocus="" required="" class="read-write">
<input id="submit-login" type="submit" value="Continue" class="btn-trigger">
</form>POST
<form method="POST" id="forgot-pw">
<input type="hidden" name="forgot-pw" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="join-signin-email" value="">
<input type="submit" value="Forgot password" class="forgot-pw">
</form>POST https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/?tr-login=1
<form action="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/?tr-login=1" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/">
<input type="email" name="join-signin-email" value="" class="readonly" readonly="" required="">
<input type="text" class="read-write" aria-label="Enter a username" name="username" value="" placeholder="Enter a unique username" required="">
<input type="password" name="join-pw" class="read-write" autofocus="" aria-label="Choose a password" placeholder="Choose a password" required="">
<select id="country" name="country" class="readonly" required="">
<option value="NOTSELECTED">Country</option>
<option value="US"> United States </option>
<option value="AF"> Afghanistan </option>
<option value="AX"> Aland Islands </option>
<option value="AL"> Albania </option>
<option value="DZ"> Algeria </option>
<option value="AS"> American Samoa </option>
<option value="AD"> Andorra </option>
<option value="AO"> Angola </option>
<option value="AI"> Anguilla </option>
<option value="AQ"> Antarctica </option>
<option value="AG"> Antigua And Barbuda </option>
<option value="AR"> Argentina </option>
<option value="AM"> Armenia </option>
<option value="AW"> Aruba </option>
<option value="AU"> Australia </option>
<option value="AT"> Austria </option>
<option value="AZ"> Azerbaijan </option>
<option value="BS"> Bahamas </option>
<option value="BH"> Bahrain </option>
<option value="BD"> Bangladesh </option>
<option value="BB"> Barbados </option>
<option value="BY"> Belarus </option>
<option value="BE"> Belgium </option>
<option value="BZ"> Belize </option>
<option value="BJ"> Benin </option>
<option value="BM"> Bermuda </option>
<option value="BT"> Bhutan </option>
<option value="BO"> Bolivia </option>
<option value="BA"> Bosnia and Herzegovina </option>
<option value="BW"> Botswana </option>
<option value="BV"> Bouvet Island </option>
<option value="BR"> Brazil </option>
<option value="IO"> British Indian Ocean Territory </option>
<option value="BN"> Brunei Darussalam </option>
<option value="BG"> Bulgaria </option>
<option value="BF"> Burkina Faso </option>
<option value="BI"> Burundi </option>
<option value="KH"> Cambodia </option>
<option value="CM"> Cameroon </option>
<option value="CA"> Canada </option>
<option value="CV"> Cape Verde </option>
<option value="BQ"> Caribbean Netherlands </option>
<option value="KY"> Cayman Islands </option>
<option value="CF"> Central African Republic </option>
<option value="TD"> Chad </option>
<option value="CL"> Chile </option>
<option value="CN"> China </option>
<option value="CX"> Christmas Island </option>
<option value="CC"> Cocos (Keeling) Islands </option>
<option value="CO"> Colombia </option>
<option value="KM"> Comoros </option>
<option value="CG"> Congo </option>
<option value="CD"> Congo, DROC </option>
<option value="CK"> Cook Islands </option>
<option value="CR"> Costa Rica </option>
<option value="CI"> Cote D'ivoire </option>
<option value="HR"> Croatia </option>
<option value="CU"> Cuba </option>
<option value="CW"> Curazao </option>
<option value="CY"> Cyprus </option>
<option value="CZ"> Czech Republic </option>
<option value="DK"> Denmark </option>
<option value="DJ"> Djibouti </option>
<option value="DM"> Dominica </option>
<option value="DO"> Dominican Republic </option>
<option value="TL"> East Timor </option>
<option value="EC"> Ecuador </option>
<option value="EG"> Egypt </option>
<option value="SV"> El Salvador </option>
<option value="GQ"> Equatorial Guinea </option>
<option value="ER"> Eritrea </option>
<option value="EE"> Estonia </option>
<option value="ET"> Ethiopia </option>
<option value="FK"> Falkland Islands (Malvinas) </option>
<option value="FO"> Faroe Islands </option>
<option value="FJ"> Fiji </option>
<option value="FI"> Finland </option>
<option value="FR"> France </option>
<option value="GF"> French Guiana </option>
<option value="PF"> French Polynesia </option>
<option value="TF"> French Southern Territories </option>
<option value="GA"> Gabon </option>
<option value="GM"> Gambia </option>
<option value="GE"> Georgia </option>
<option value="DE"> Germany </option>
<option value="GH"> Ghana </option>
<option value="GI"> Gibraltar </option>
<option value="GR"> Greece </option>
<option value="GL"> Greenland </option>
<option value="GD"> Grenada </option>
<option value="GP"> Guadeloupe </option>
<option value="GU"> Guam </option>
<option value="GT"> Guatemala </option>
<option value="GG"> Guernsey </option>
<option value="GN"> Guinea </option>
<option value="GW"> Guinea-Bissau </option>
<option value="GY"> Guyana </option>
<option value="HT"> Haiti </option>
<option value="HM"> Heard And Mc Donald Islands </option>
<option value="VA"> Holy See (Vatican City State) </option>
<option value="HN"> Honduras </option>
<option value="HK"> Hong Kong </option>
<option value="HU"> Hungary </option>
<option value="IS"> Iceland </option>
<option value="IN"> India </option>
<option value="ID"> Indonesia </option>
<option value="IR"> Iran (Islamic Republic Of) </option>
<option value="IQ"> Iraq </option>
<option value="IE"> Ireland </option>
<option value="IM"> Isle of Man </option>
<option value="IL"> Israel </option>
<option value="IT"> Italy </option>
<option value="JM"> Jamaica </option>
<option value="JP"> Japan </option>
<option value="JE"> Jersey </option>
<option value="JO"> Jordan </option>
<option value="KZ"> Kazakhstan </option>
<option value="KE"> Kenya </option>
<option value="KI"> Kiribati </option>
<option value="KW"> Kuwait </option>
<option value="KR"> Korea, Republic Of </option>
<option value="XK"> Kosovo </option>
<option value="KG"> Kyrgyzstan </option>
<option value="LA"> Lao People's Democratic Republic </option>
<option value="LV"> Latvia </option>
<option value="KP"> Korea, Democratic People's Republic of </option>
<option value="LB"> Lebanon </option>
<option value="LS"> Lesotho </option>
<option value="LR"> Liberia </option>
<option value="LY"> Libyan Arab Jamahiriya </option>
<option value="LI"> Liechtenstein </option>
<option value="LT"> Lithuania </option>
<option value="LU"> Luxembourg </option>
<option value="MO"> Macau </option>
<option value="MK"> Macedonia </option>
<option value="MG"> Madagascar </option>
<option value="MW"> Malawi </option>
<option value="MY"> Malaysia </option>
<option value="MV"> Maldives </option>
<option value="ML"> Mali </option>
<option value="MT"> Malta </option>
<option value="MH"> Marshall Islands </option>
<option value="MQ"> Martinique </option>
<option value="MR"> Mauritania </option>
<option value="MU"> Mauritius </option>
<option value="YT"> Mayotte </option>
<option value="MX"> Mexico </option>
<option value="FM"> Micronesia, Federated States of </option>
<option value="MD"> Moldova, Republic Of </option>
<option value="MC"> Monaco </option>
<option value="MN"> Mongolia </option>
<option value="ME"> Montenegro </option>
<option value="MS"> Montserrat </option>
<option value="MA"> Morocco </option>
<option value="MZ"> Mozambique </option>
<option value="MM"> Myanmar </option>
<option value="NA"> Namibia </option>
<option value="NR"> Nauru </option>
<option value="NP"> Nepal </option>
<option value="NL"> Netherlands </option>
<option value="AN"> Netherlands Antilles </option>
<option value="NC"> New Caledonia </option>
<option value="NZ"> New Zealand </option>
<option value="NI"> Nicaragua </option>
<option value="NE"> Niger </option>
<option value="NG"> Nigeria </option>
<option value="NU"> Niue </option>
<option value="NF"> Norfolk Island </option>
<option value="MP"> Northern Mariana Islands </option>
<option value="NO"> Norway </option>
<option value="OM"> Oman </option>
<option value="PK"> Pakistan </option>
<option value="PW"> Palau </option>
<option value="PS"> Palestinian Territory, Occupied </option>
<option value="PA"> Panama </option>
<option value="PG"> Papua New Guinea </option>
<option value="PY"> Paraguay </option>
<option value="PE"> Peru </option>
<option value="PH"> Philippines </option>
<option value="PN"> Pitcairn </option>
<option value="PL"> Poland </option>
<option value="PT"> Portugal </option>
<option value="PR"> Puerto Rico </option>
<option value="QA"> Qatar </option>
<option value="RE"> Reunion </option>
<option value="RO"> Romania </option>
<option value="RU"> Russia </option>
<option value="RW"> Rwanda </option>
<option value="GS"> S. Georgia And S. Sandwich Isles </option>
<option value="BL"> Saint Barthelemy </option>
<option value="KN"> Saint Kitts And Nevis </option>
<option value="LC"> Saint Lucia </option>
<option value="MF"> Saint Martin </option>
<option value="VC"> Saint Vincent And The Grenadines </option>
<option value="WS"> Samoa </option>
<option value="SM"> San Marino </option>
<option value="ST"> Sao Tome And Principe </option>
<option value="SA"> Saudi Arabia </option>
<option value="SN"> Senegal </option>
<option value="RS"> Serbia </option>
<option value="CS"> Serbia and Montenegro </option>
<option value="SC"> Seychelles </option>
<option value="SL"> Sierra Leone </option>
<option value="SG"> Singapore </option>
<option value="SX"> Sint Maarten </option>
<option value="SK"> Slovakia </option>
<option value="SI"> Slovenia </option>
<option value="SB"> Solomon Islands </option>
<option value="SO"> Somalia </option>
<option value="ZA"> South Africa </option>
<option value="SS"> South Sudan </option>
<option value="ES"> Spain </option>
<option value="LK"> Sri Lanka </option>
<option value="SH"> St. Helena </option>
<option value="PM"> St. Pierre And Miquelon </option>
<option value="SD"> Sudan </option>
<option value="SR"> Suriname </option>
<option value="SJ"> Svalbard And Jan Mayen Islands </option>
<option value="SZ"> Swaziland </option>
<option value="SE"> Sweden </option>
<option value="CH"> Switzerland </option>
<option value="SY"> Syrian Arab Republic </option>
<option value="TW"> Taiwan </option>
<option value="TJ"> Tajikistan </option>
<option value="TZ"> Tanzania, United Republic Of </option>
<option value="TH"> Thailand </option>
<option value="TG"> Togo </option>
<option value="TK"> Tokelau </option>
<option value="TO"> Tonga </option>
<option value="TT"> Trinidad And Tobago </option>
<option value="TN"> Tunisia </option>
<option value="TR"> Turkey </option>
<option value="TM"> Turkmenistan </option>
<option value="TC"> Turks And Caicos Islands </option>
<option value="TV"> Tuvalu </option>
<option value="UM"> U.S. Minor Outlying Islands </option>
<option value="UG"> Uganda </option>
<option value="UA"> Ukraine </option>
<option value="AE"> United Arab Emirates </option>
<option value="GB"> United Kingdom </option>
<option value="UY"> Uruguay </option>
<option value="UZ"> Uzbekistan </option>
<option value="VU"> Vanuatu </option>
<option value="VE"> Venezuela </option>
<option value="VN"> Viet Nam </option>
<option value="VG"> Virgin Islands (British) </option>
<option value="VI"> Virgin Islands (U.S.) </option>
<option value="WF"> Wallis And Futuna Islands </option>
<option value="EH"> Western Sahara </option>
<option value="YE"> Yemen </option>
<option value="YU"> Yugoslavia </option>
<option value="ZM"> Zambia </option>
<option value="ZW"> Zimbabwe </option>
</select>
<label for="tos">
<input type="checkbox" name="tos" id="tos" required="">
<span class="terms-of-service">
<p>By registering, you agree to the <a href=" https://technologyadvice.com/terms-conditions/" target="_blank">Terms of Use</a> and acknowledge the data practices outlined in the
<a href="https://technologyadvice.com/privacy-policy/" target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a>.</p>
<p>You will also receive a complimentary subscription to TechRepublic's News and Special Offers newsletter and the Top Story of the Day newsletter. You may unsubscribe from these newsletters at any time.</p>
</span>
</label>
<input id="submit-join" type="submit" value="Continue" class="btn-trigger">
</form>POST
<form class="share-email-form" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="share-email-title" value="The key to getting multicloud right">
<input type="hidden" name="share-email-url" value="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/">
<input type="email" name="from-email" class="read-write" placeholder="Your Email" required="">
<input type="email" name="to-email" class="read-write" placeholder="Recipient Email" required="">
<textarea name="msg" class="readonly">Check out this article I found on TechRepublic.</textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
<p class="response-msg">Your email has been sent</p>
</form>POST
<form class="share-email-form" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="share-email-title" value="The key to getting multicloud right">
<input type="hidden" name="share-email-url" value="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/key-getting-multicloud-right/">
<input type="email" name="from-email" class="read-write" placeholder="Your Email" required="">
<input type="email" name="to-email" class="read-write" placeholder="Recipient Email" required="">
<textarea name="msg" class="readonly">Check out this article I found on TechRepublic.</textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
<p class="response-msg">Your email has been sent</p>
</form>POST
<form class="email-author-form" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="author_id" value="37114877">
<input type="text" name="from-name" class="read-write" placeholder="Your Name" required="">
<input type="email" name="from-email" class="read-write" placeholder="Your Email" required="">
<input type="text" name="subject" class="read-write" placeholder="Subject" required="">
<textarea name="msg" placeholder="Message" required="" class="read-write"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Send Message">
<p class="response-msg">Your message has been sent</p>
</form>Text Content
WE VALUE YOUR PRIVACY We and our partners store and/or access information on a device, such as cookies and process personal data, such as unique identifiers and standard information sent by a device for personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, and audience insights, as well as to develop and improve products. With your permission we and our partners may use precise geolocation data and identification through device scanning. You may click to consent to our and our partners’ processing as described above. Alternatively you may access more detailed information and change your preferences before consenting or to refuse consenting. Please note that some processing of your personal data may not require your consent, but you have a right to object to such processing. Your preferences will apply to this website only. You can change your preferences at any time by returning to this site or visit our privacy policy. MORE OPTIONSAGREE Skip to content TECHREPUBLIC Search Close Search TRENDING NOW Image: iStock/Igor Kutyaev Article HOW TO USE ADVANCED OPTIONS TO WORK MORE PRODUCTIVELY IN OUTLOOK Image: Shutterstock Article POP!_OS 22.04 IS HERE, AND IT’S THE BEST RELEASE YET FROM SYSTEM76 Image: Stack Commerce Article WORK TOWARD AN INFOSEC CERTIFICATION WITH THIS ONLINE TRAINING BUNDLE Image: Gorodenkoff/Adobe Stock Article 100+ IT POLICIES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, READY FOR DOWNLOAD * CES * Developer * Work From Home * Linux * 5G * IT Policy Downloads * Security * Top DaaS Providers * Excel Tips * Cloud * Big Data * Learn Python: Online training * Top DevOps trends * Top IT Salaries * Cheat Sheets * TechRepublic Academy Toggle TechRepublic mobile menu More * TechRepublic Premium * CES * Developer * Work From Home * Linux * 5G * IT Policy Downloads * Security * Top DaaS Providers * Excel Tips * Cloud * Big Data * Learn Python: Online training * Top DevOps trends * Top IT Salaries * Cheat Sheets * TechRepublic Academy * See All Topics * Newsletters * Forums * Resource Library TechRepublic Premium Join / Sign In ACCOUNT INFORMATION TechRepublic close modal JOIN OR SIGN IN Register for your free TechRepublic membership or if you are already a member, sign in using your preferred method below. Use Your Email Use Facebook Use Linkedin JOIN OR SIGN IN We recently updated our Terms and Conditions for TechRepublic Premium. By clicking continue, you agree to these updated terms. WELCOME BACK! Invalid email/username and password combination supplied. RESET PASSWORD An email has been sent to you with instructions on how to reset your password. Back to TechRepublic WELCOME TO TECHREPUBLIC! Country United States Afghanistan Aland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua And Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Caribbean Netherlands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, DROC Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote D'ivoire Croatia Cuba Curazao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard And Mc Donald Islands Holy See (Vatican City State) Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic Of) Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Korea, Republic Of Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova, Republic Of Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territory, Occupied Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda S. Georgia And S. Sandwich Isles Saint Barthelemy Saint Kitts And Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Vincent And The Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome And Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Helena St. Pierre And Miquelon Sudan Suriname Svalbard And Jan Mayen Islands Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic Of Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad And Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks And Caicos Islands Tuvalu U.S. Minor Outlying Islands Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Virgin Islands (British) Virgin Islands (U.S.) Wallis And Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe By registering, you agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices outlined in the Privacy Policy. You will also receive a complimentary subscription to TechRepublic's News and Special Offers newsletter and the Top Story of the Day newsletter. You may unsubscribe from these newsletters at any time. Username must be unique. Password must be a minimum of 6 characters and have any 3 of the 4 items: a number (0 through 9), a special character (such as !, $, #, %), an uppercase character (A through Z) or a lowercase (a through z) character (no spaces). Loading ACCOUNT INFORMATION TechRepublic close modal Image: iStock THE KEY TO GETTING MULTICLOUD RIGHT * * * * ACCOUNT INFORMATION TechRepublic close modal SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS The key to getting multicloud right Check out this article I found on TechRepublic. Your email has been sent by Matt Asay in Cloud on April 25, 2022, 11:08 AM PDT THE KEY TO GETTING MULTICLOUD RIGHT It can be hard and expensive to hire people with multicloud expertise. Is a better strategy simply to pay a provider to handle it for you? Image: iStock “The common definition of multicloud is whatever the person talking is trying to sell you,” joked Duckbill chief economist and snarky-man-about-town Corey Quinn to former AWS executive Tim Bray on Quinn’s podcast. He’s not wrong, and it’s one reason that it’s sometimes hard to separate fact from fiction in multicloud. In fact, in that same podcast, the two (multi)cloud luminaries walked through how different vendors use multicloud to their marketing advantage. FACTS ABOUT MULTICLOUD CLOUD: MUST-READ COVERAGE * Cloud security: How your public cloud environment may be vulnerable to data breach * The vanilla approach: How open source helps deliver multicloud success * Become a Microsoft Azure administrator online and start a great career * Go-to resources for safe, secure cloud storage (TechRepublic Premium) To start, it’s worth pointing out that multicloud is a simple reality for many enterprises. If you’re a company of even moderate size, you’re going to be running applications across multiple clouds. Sometimes this is strategy but sometimes it’s simply “enterprise IT.” Also, if you work for an ISV like I do, multicloud is a business imperative, because customers want to run on different clouds. As Quinn highlighted, SaaS providers must run “in all of the major clouds because that is where their customers are.” He then went on to argue that game companies are also necessarily multicloud to manage latency: “A lot of the game servers themselves will be spread across a bunch of different [cloud] providers, just purely based on latency metrics around what is close to certain customer clusters.” SEE: Research: Managing multicloud in the enterprise; benefits, barriers, and most popular cloud platforms (TechRepublic Premium) So, yes, multicloud is a requirement for some companies, but maybe not yours. It’s also not especially easy to pull off, given the lack of expertise most people (and, by extension, their employers) have across clouds. Finding people who deeply understand more than one cloud isn’t easy, which is why Google’s Forrest Brazeal opined that it could be a real career accelerant to become proficient in more than one cloud. Even so, many companies are going to try to build with a chosen cloud provider. Along the way, they’re going to hear all sorts of mixed messages from the different cloud providers. MAPPING MULTICLOUD TO STRATEGY As Quinn pointed out, it is absolutely in the interest of every cloud provider except AWS to tout multicloud, because they know, Quinn suggested, that customers are not likely (yet) to be the “I’m all in on Cloud X” provider, “so they’re, of course, going to talk about multi-cloud.” But “if it’s AWS,” Quinn said, “where they are the 8,000-pound gorilla in the space,” the marketing sounds more like, “‘Oh, yeah, multicloud, terrible. Put everything on AWS. The end.’” AWS sometimes gets criticized for this, but “It seems that most people who talk about this have a very self-serving motivation that they can’t entirely escape,” Quinn concluded. He’s not wrong. That said, things may be changing. After all, a few years back AWS introduced ECS Anywhere and EKS Anywhere to enable customers to manage containers and Kubernetes wherever they wanted … including Azure and Google Cloud. It wasn’t as glaringly multicloud as, say, Google’s Anthos, but it still fit the multicloud description. And there’s been a softening of how AWS talks about multicloud, as Bray noted. After commenting that he’s “noticed that the [AWS] conversation online [about multicloud] has become much softer,” he reasoned this is because “going all-in on a single cloud is at least possible when you’re a startup, but if you’re a big company [like an] insurance company [or] a tire manufacturer … you’re going to be multicloud, for the same reason that [you] already have COBOL on the mainframe and Java on the old Sun boxes … .” SEE: AWS Lambda, a serverless computing framework: A cheat sheet (free PDF) (TechRepublic) In other words, because that’s just how enterprise IT works. No CIO in history has managed to exercise absolute control over the technologies running inside her company or the clouds her company keeps on retainer. AWS seems to be recognizing this, and while not embracing multicloud as a desired strategy, it has perhaps softened the message to reflect the reality of where its customers run their workloads. EVEN IF YOU DO SUBSCRIBE TO THE MULTICLOUD GOSPEL, HOW DO YOU GET THERE? PAYING SOMEONE TO MANAGE MULTICLOUD FOR YOU As mentioned, it’s hard to find people who can straddle different cloud environments. For those who point to containers and, specifically, to Kubernetes to orchestrate their way to multicloud nirvana, this may be a case of the solution being as hard as the problem. As Bray argued, “[G]ood technology should make easy things easy and difficult things possible, and I think Kubernetes fails the first test there.” Why? Because “the complexity that it involves is out of balance with the benefits you get.” Quinn piled on, saying he finds Kubernetes’ “complexity to be overwhelming.” So much so, he continued, that “finding someone who can competently run Kubernetes in production is a bit hard to do and they tend to be extremely expensive.” Similar to finding multicloud proficient people, in other words. Which may be a good reason to let the cloud (by which I include IaaS, SaaS and PaaS) providers take care of all this multicloud complexity for you. Sure, you can figure it out. But it just might be cheaper and faster to pay someone else to figure it all out for you. Disclosure: I work for MongoDB but the views expressed herein are mine. CLOUD AND EVERYTHING AS A SERVICE NEWSLETTER This is your go-to resource for XaaS, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, cloud engineering jobs, and cloud security news and tips. Delivered Mondays Sign up today Matt Asay Published: April 25, 2022, 11:08 AM PDT Modified: April 25, 2022, 11:08 AM PDT See more Cloud ALSO SEE * CRM Software: Choosing the Right CRM for Your Business (TechRepublic) * CRM Software: Choosing the Right CRM for Your Business (TechRepublic) * Apple iCloud: A cheat sheet (free PDF) (TechRepublic) * Cloud data warehouse guide and checklist (TechRepublic Premium) * Become a Microsoft Azure administrator online and start a great career (TechRepublic Academy) * Cloud computing: More must-read coverage (TechRepublic on Flipboard) * Best cloud backup services and solutions 2022 (TechRepublic) WHITE PAPERS, WEBCASTS, AND DOWNLOADS THE 2022 COMPLETE LINUX PROGRAMMING CERTIFICATION BUNDLE Training from TechRepublic Academy Get It Today HOW TO HIRE A FINTECH ENGINEER Downloads from TechRepublic Premium Download Now THE ULTIMATE LEARN TO CODE TRAINING (5 COURSES) Training from TechRepublic Academy View This Now AUTOMATE TASKS IN EXCEL & HANDLE DATA LIKE A CERTIFIED PRO Training from TechRepublic Academy Learn More PDF CONVERTER PRO: LIFETIME LICENSE Tools & Templates from TechRepublic Academy Give It A Try! * * * * ACCOUNT INFORMATION TechRepublic close modal SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS The key to getting multicloud right Check out this article I found on TechRepublic. Your email has been sent Share: The key to getting multicloud right By Matt Asay Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software companies. * ACCOUNT INFORMATION TechRepublic close modal CONTACT MATT ASAY Your message has been sent * | * See all of Matt's content * Cloud EDITOR'S PICKS * Image: Rawpixel/Adobe Stock TechRepublic Premium TECHREPUBLIC PREMIUM EDITORIAL CALENDAR: IT POLICIES, CHECKLISTS, TOOLKITS, AND RESEARCH FOR DOWNLOAD TechRepublic Premium content helps you solve your toughest IT issues and jump-start your career or next project. TechRepublic Staff Published: April 15, 2022, 5:30 AM PDT Modified: April 16, 2022, 5:31 AM PDT Read More See more TechRepublic Premium * Image: Andy Wolber Software BEST CLOUD BACKUP SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS 2022 These 11 cloud-to-cloud solutions back up your organization’s data so you’ll be covered in the event of deletions, malware or outages. Compare the best online cloud backup services now. Andy Wolber Published: April 11, 2022, 4:58 AM PDT Modified: April 11, 2022, 12:40 PM PDT Read More See more Software * Image: Microsoft Software HOW TO USE THE WALKIE-TALKIE FEATURE IN MICROSOFT TEAMS You can use a mobile device to speak with another person directly through the Teams app. Lance Whitney shows you how to use this handy feature. Lance Whitney Published: April 8, 2022, 8:17 AM PDT Modified: April 11, 2022, 6:38 AM PDT Read More See more Software * Image: metamorworks, Getty Images/iStockphoto Security “BROWSER IN THE BROWSER” ATTACKS: A DEVASTATING NEW PHISHING TECHNIQUE ARISES A phishing technique called Browser in the Browser (BITB) has emerged, and it’s already aiming at government entities, including Ukraine. Find out how to protect against this new threat. Cedric Pernet Published: April 1, 2022, 6:34 AM PDT Modified: April 1, 2022, 6:36 AM PDT Read More See more Security * Image: iStock/Deagreez Software BEST PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AND TOOLS 2022 With so many project management software options to choose from, it can seem daunting to find the right one for your projects or company. We’ve narrowed them down to these nine. Moira Alexander Published: March 11, 2022, 7:10 AM PST Modified: March 15, 2022, 2:59 PM PDT Read More See more Software * Image: iStockphoto/a-image Innovation QUANTUM COMPUTING ECOSYSTEM EXPANDS IN ALL DIRECTIONS Start-ups, DARPA and Accenture Ventures announce research partnerships, new hardware and strategic investments. Veronica Combs Published: April 11, 2022, 7:42 AM PDT Modified: April 11, 2022, 10:51 AM PDT Read More See more Innovation TECHREPUBLIC PREMIUM * TechRepublic Premium SOFTWARE PROCUREMENT POLICY Procuring software packages for an organization is a complicated process that involves more than just technological knowledge. There are financial and support aspects to consider, proof of concepts to evaluate and vendor negotiations to handle. Navigating through the details of an RFP alone can be challenging, so use TechRepublic Premium’s Software Procurement Policy to establish ... Published: April 14, 2022, 5:00 PM PDT Modified: April 16, 2022, 1:00 PM PDT Read More See more TechRepublic Premium * TechRepublic Premium HOW TO RECRUIT AND HIRE A SECURITY ANALYST Recruiting a Security Analyst with the right combination of technical expertise and experience will require a comprehensive screening process. This hiring kit from TechRepublic Premium includes a job description, sample interview questions and a basic want ad that you can customize for your business to find, interview, recruit and hire the best candidates for a ... Downloads Published: April 14, 2022, 5:00 PM PDT Modified: April 16, 2022, 2:00 PM PDT Read More See more TechRepublic Premium * TechRepublic Premium HOW TO RECRUIT AND HIRE A DEVOPS ENGINEER Recruiting a DevOps engineer with the right combination of technical expertise and experience will require a comprehensive screening process. This hiring kit from TechRepublic Premium includes a job description, sample interview questions and a basic want ad that you can customize for your business to find, interview, recruit and hire the best candidates for a ... Downloads Published: April 7, 2022, 5:00 PM PDT Modified: April 9, 2022, 1:00 AM PDT Read More See more TechRepublic Premium * TechRepublic Premium HOW TO RECRUIT AND HIRE A VIDEO GAME QUEST WRITER Video game writing jobs are in demand. Recruiting a video game/quest writer with the right combination of technical expertise and experience will require a comprehensive screening process. This hiring kit from TechRepublic Premium includes a job description, sample interview questions and a basic want ad that you can customize for your business to find, interview, ... Downloads Published: March 31, 2022, 5:00 PM PDT Modified: April 2, 2022, 8:00 AM PDT Read More See more TechRepublic Premium SERVICES * About Us * Membership * Newsletters * RSS Feeds * Site Map * Site Help & Feedback * FAQ * Advertise * Do Not Sell My Information EXPLORE * Downloads * TechRepublic Forums * Meet the Team * TechRepublic Academy * TechRepublic Premium * Resource Library * Photos * Videos * TechRepublic * TechRepublic on Twitter * TechRepublic on Facebook * TechRepublic on LinkedIn * TechRepublic on Flipboard © 2022 TechnologyAdvice. All rights reserved. * Privacy Policy * Terms of Use * Property of TechnologyAdvice