Mix and combine in multicloud - the future of cloud computing

It can be said that at the present time, businesses that adopt the 'multicloud' strategy are facing a dilemma together, which is the asynchronous between the cloud platforms they use. Multicloud refers to the use of more than one common cloud. This happens when businesses avoid wanting to be dependent on a cloud service provider. Instead, they choose good services from each side to serve their work. For example, some affiliated subsidiaries may use multiple cloud platforms. Some use Azure for their public cloud related needs, while the rest choose to store their data on the AWS platform, or even use it in conjunction with Google AI / ML service. Each cloud platform contains features and policies that are appropriate for a particular audience, so the diversity of choosing between multiple cloud platforms in one business is entirely understandable. .

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However, as said, how to use a seamless and seamless way between multiple cloud platforms is not a simple matter for businesses and organizations. Suppose a business wants to use Azure service, AI / ML with applications and data created in an AWS environment, or more complex is to use Google's AI / ML services on the data platform. Store on Azure. Is this possible or not?

The above example is not a rare phenomenon in today's technology world. And unfortunately, until now, there is not really a clear solution to this problem, of course that does not mean that we are completely out of hand. Although multicloud is a relatively strong development trend, we can also see the resurgence of services beyond multicloud, better meeting the needs of end users. Some elements of these services have begun to appear to be limited in current use, but we can expect to see more complete solutions emerge, in particular. is in the context that more and more businesses face challenges with multicloud.

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The appeal of multicloud

Organizations often have to agree on which decision to choose a large public cloud provider in accordance with their general development policy. Although cost is certainly one of the most important factors in these decisions, there are still other factors worth considering, such as the overall security policy of service providers, how easy it is to migrate existing applications to the cloud, and perhaps the most interesting is the applications that the service provider deploys outside the rules of accounting and storage. Standard tissue, such as analytical support or application development.

And what we've seen over the past few years is that businesses are looking to select multiple suppliers at once instead of just one. In fact, different groups and organizations in an enterprise will also be suitable for different suppliers, or this may also be the result of a merger or acquisition.

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Over the past few years, multicloud has grown strongly both in importance and scale of deployment in enterprise-level IT systems, and is also considered the future of global cloud computing platform. . According to Gartner, 'by 2020, there will be 75% of organizations implementing multi-platform cloud models (multicloud) or hybrid cloud (hybrid cloud) in their systems.' In addition, according to a study by IDC, since May last year, more than half of users of public cloud infrastructure services (IaaS) including the participation of many IaaS providers .

However, multicloud will not be the final destination we aim for. The next step would be to 'mix' and combine services from multiple cloud providers, in which services from one provider would be deployed on another competitive cloud provider, Allow organizations to use services from different providers in different ways at the same time. For example, an organization can use the computational and data storage capabilities of this cloud platform, combined with preeminent computing or analysis capabilities from another cloud platform. We will certainly see the emergence of this 'mix and match' cloud computing approach in the near future.

Mix and match clouds

Some basic examples of mixing and merging cloud platforms actually exist on the market, including the integration of Watson - IBM, VMWare on AWS, helping to bring the familiar VMWare platform. belongs to AWS, and finally to Amazon RDS for SQL Server, helps bring Microsoft managed services to the AWS cloud. In any case, customers can use familiar services in which their data or applications have 'resided' independently of the original provider.

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In fact, large businesses today often choose one or two public cloud providers to deploy and store their data, based on what they consider to be the best option for a project. Specific projects, or may also be due to the history of long-term cooperation with that supplier. However, when the application starts to grow on many public clouds, organizations will also need to handle information reasonably so that both cloud platforms can be used. Until now, this has mostly been done by 'end user' end users, ie using multiple cloud services on the same data or application, simply by the service. not authorized (or provided) to run on another cloud. Mixing and matching clouds will be able to change this situation.

Many public cloud providers are really serious about embarking on developing and deploying new services around AI, serverless, or data analysis technologies - areas where their customers (the business) trying to innovate. Mixing and combining multiple cloud platforms will allow organizations and businesses to take advantage of new enhancements as soon as they are launched regardless of which vendor they come from.

What motivates cloud deployment and integration

It seems that vendors do not gain any significant (significant) benefit in mixing and combining cloud platforms. Surely public cloud providers want customers to use IaaS as well as deploy their services synchronously from top to bottom, but on the other hand, if they own a great service, they will also 'pull' more users through this type of deployment. This is a similar scenario when independent software vendors (ISVs) need to make a decision to support UNIX platforms, Microsoft Windows and one or more Linux platforms. However, if an ISV believes that this can help them sell more of their products, they will definitely not be ignorant. For example, in the case of IBM, the company owns a number of operating systems, but they also support both Linux and Windows server operating systems with many specially designed software applications. The cloud provider services are fully capable of developing in the same way.

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Another impetus is that large public cloud providers currently own on-site services, or are deployed in their projects. Although some vendors' initial psychology is to want everything to take place in their public cloud platform, the deployment of enterprise-class IT projects in pure cloud is still quite good. rarely. Not all organizations have full access to the public cloud at the same time, so providing on-site options serves as a bridge for those in need of moving one. A certain number of applications or workloads into the cloud. And if the cloud provider is ready to run the service on-premises on VMWare or on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, then the next goal is to run the services on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud is not a task. too difficult, at the same time contributing to expanding the user base and providing customers with more choices.

This trend was once again confirmed last week when Google announced an offer called Anthos, which will be available on Google Cloud and AWS or Azure.

As we see this trend begin to take shape, it is likely that the first combinations will appear on Azure and AWS as the leading global cloud market share platforms. On the other hand, by providing their services on Azure or AWS, competitors can completely entice customers to use their services even if they are committed to AWS or Azure from a split point of view. infrastructure.

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The end point of the problem

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While large public cloud providers continue to stabilize their hybrid solutions and on-site services, the next step will be to identify new market segments and areas where services can be used. their.

When mixing and combining these clouds to become reality, we will see a new wave of companies in embarking on standardizing services online, as opposed to the cloud, while maintaining the flexibility of the platform.