01/26/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 01/26/2024 15:02
A recent 451 Research survey found that an astonishing 98% of companies are using more than one cloud provider. Two-thirds of organizations use services from 2 or 3 public cloud providers and nearly one third of organizations use four or more providers. Using a multi-cloud strategy involves using the services of multiple cloud providers simultaneously. It's the dominant data management strategy for most organizations.
There's a long list of reasons why organizations choose to adopt a multi-cloud approach versus just being tied to a single provider. Here's a look at some of the top reasons.
The features and capabilities of cloud vendors vary greatly, so using a multi-cloud approach can let you select the best providers for your specific workload requirements. Differences in services for analytics, machine learning, big data, transactions, enterprise applications, and more are factors to consider when deciding where to run in the cloud. Product integrations, security, compliance, development tools, management tools, and geographic locations unique to a cloud provider may also influence your choice.
Using multiple cloud providers prevents organizations from being tied to a single provider. This avoids vendor lock-in, giving organizations more freedom to switch providers or negotiate better terms as needed.
Different cloud providers may offer different compliance certifications and different geographic locations for where data is stored. A choice of options helps improve compliance with industry standards and regulations as well as compliance with data residency and data sovereignty-specific regulations.
Some organizations choose to operate a hybrid cloud environment with capabilities stratified across multiple clouds, private and public. Sensitive data applications may be on a private cloud where an organization has more control over the deployment infrastructure.
Despite these advantages, it's essential for organizations to carefully plan and manage their multi-cloud data management strategy to ensure seamless integration, efficient resource utilization, and strong security.
The Actian Data Platform is a platform that meets multi-cloud data management requirements with features such as a universal data fabric and built-in data integration tools to process and transform data across clouds. You will also benefit from cloud economics, paying only for what you use, having the ability for the service to shut down or go to sleep after a pre-defined period of inactivity, and scheduling starting, stopping, and scaling the environment to optimize uptime and cost. Security such as data plane network isolation, industry-grade encryption, including at-rest and in-flight, IP allow lists, and modern access controls handle the complexities of multi-cloud security.
Teresa Wingfield is Director of Product Marketing at Actian where she is responsible for communicating the unique value that the Actian Data Platform delivers, including proven data integration, data management and data analytics. She enjoys applying her extensive knowledge in these areas to help customers find solutions that will help them achieve long-lasting success. Teresa brings a 20-year track record of increasing revenue and awareness for analytics, security, and cloud solutions. Prior to Actian, Teresa managed product marketing at industry-leading companies such as Cisco, McAfee, and VMware. She was also Datameer's first VP of Marketing for big data analytics built on Hadoop, and has served as VP of Research at Giga Information Group, acquired by Forrester, providing strategic advisory services for data warehousing and analytics. Teresa holds graduate degrees in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management and software engineering from Harvard University.