Why a multi-cloud solution?
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More performance through Multi Cloud
Why companies should rely on multiple clouds
More performance through Multi Cloud
More and more companies are using a combination of AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and private cloud. Multi cloud ensures maximum flexibility, reliability and cost efficiency. SAVECALL shows how the right connection can significantly improve performance and security.
In a nutshell:
- Optimized infrastructure: Leveraging the strengths of different cloud providers
- Greater data security: Separation of sensitive data on multiple platforms
- Better software support: Every application runs under ideal conditions
- Reliability: Minimized risk through redundant cloud distribution
- Efficient connection: SD-WAN enables direct and secure multi-cloud connections
The solution: SAVECALL supports companies in the planning and implementation of multi-cloud architectures as part of an IT security strategy, with a focus on performance, security and transparency.
What this article covers: This article explains what multi-cloud means, the reasons for switching, and how to connect multiple clouds the right way. The key question: how do you combine your cloud providers to increase efficiency and security?
What is multi-cloud and why do companies rely on it?
We live in a world full of cloud environments. The parallel use of different cloud providers and cloud applications has become the norm. Multi-cloud is a strategy to standardize this. Companies are aware of the many benefits that a cloud solution offers. Every company has its own individual requirements, so a system is needed that properly fulfills all requirements. However, given the variety of cloud providers, it is almost impossible to choose just one to work with.
The acceptance of cloud applications is growing enormously: 94% of companies worldwide use applications from the cloud, and 85% of companies run more than half of their workloads in the cloud. Increasingly, parallel cloud environments are being operated, a multi-cloud. Multi-cloud is a strategy in which a company uses two or more cloud computing platforms to maximize its performance and thus perform its tasks at the highest level. In other words, you don’t have to worry about the size of your workload and the reliability of a particular cloud service provider. Instead, you enjoy the flexibility to search for the best provider for any type of workload in terms of cost and efficiency.
With such a multi-cloud approach, organizations are no longer locked into a specific cloud or public cloud provider. The concept of multi-cloud is primarily aimed at users who operate internal and/or external cloud services and need to expand the range of services to include certain components that the respective provider does not offer or that cannot be easily implemented in the existing in-house IT.
Reasons for switching to multi-cloud
- Optimization of the IT infrastructure: The respective advantages of different cloud providers can be used. This optimizes the computing power, storage space and maintenance costs of your IT infrastructure.
- Optimal software support: When using multiple services that are tailored to the systems of different providers (e.g. apps optimized for Amazon, Google or Microsoft systems), multi-cloud offers the option of operating each service under optimal conditions.
- Data security: Sensitive data can be managed separately from other processes on servers and thus meet security requirements.
- Preventing emergency situations: Distributing data and processes across multiple clouds reduces the risk of being unable to operate in the event of a server failure or losing valuable data.
What is the right way to connect a multi-cloud?
In order to successfully operate a multi-cloud environment, the right connectivity concept is essential; cloud traffic is much more difficult to predict than locally hosted conventional applications. This is why companies are increasingly turning to SD-WAN technology to enable direct, reliable and secure connectivity to multiple clouds. With SD-WAN multi-cloud, branch office management via WAN connectivity can be combined with private, direct connectivity to required IaaS/SaaS applications. Alternatively, dedicated cloud access offers an even more shielded connection without a detour via the public internet. SD-WAN multi-cloud service generally supports AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud; depending on the provider, other cloud services are also possible, such as Alibaba, IBM, Oracle, Salesforce and VMware.
How SAVECALL supports your multi-cloud connectivity
Are you interested in a multi-cloud solution or in SD-WAN multi-cloud service? Contact us free of charge and without obligation. SAVECALL advises you vendor-independently and finds the right provider for your requirements.
Conclusion
Multi-cloud gives companies more flexibility, reliability and cost efficiency, provided the connectivity is planned cleanly. With SD-WAN or dedicated cloud access, several clouds can be connected directly, reliably and securely, instead of relying on a single provider.
Written by
Frank Frommknecht
Key Account Consultant, SAVECALL
Has supported companies for more than 20 years in selecting and optimising their connectivity solutions. His focus: making complex telecommunications understandable from the customer’s perspective and finding the right solution strategically.
Sources
- SAVECALL: Dedicated Cloud Access, features, prices and providers, savecall.de/en/dedicated-cloud-access
- SAVECALL: SD-WAN for businesses, providers & cost, savecall.de/en/sd-wan
- SAVECALL: Enterprise IT security, SASE, XDR & cloud, savecall.de/en/security
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about multi-cloud
Multi-cloud describes a strategy in which a company uses two or more cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud in parallel to maximize its performance. Instead of committing to a single provider, the company chooses the best-fitting provider for each workload in terms of cost, security and efficiency. This preserves maximum flexibility.
A single cloud provider rarely covers all of a company’s individual requirements completely. Multi-cloud allows choosing the provider with the best conditions and software support for each application. It also spreads risk, since an outage at one provider does not endanger the entire operation.
Key advantages include an optimized IT infrastructure through the strengths of different providers, better software support through provider-optimized applications, and greater data security through separating sensitive data across multiple platforms. Distributing workloads across several clouds also reduces the risk of having to halt operations after a server failure.
Because cloud traffic is harder to predict than locally hosted applications, companies increasingly rely on SD-WAN technology for direct, reliable connectivity to multiple clouds. SD-WAN multi-cloud combines site management via WAN connectivity with private, direct access to required IaaS and SaaS applications at AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and other providers.
SD-WAN multi-cloud flexibly connects sites via various access paths to multiple cloud platforms and suits companies with many locations well. Dedicated cloud access additionally offers a dedicated, private line without a detour via the public internet, delivering maximum security and guaranteed bandwidth for particularly sensitive workloads. The two are often combined.
SAVECALL advises vendor-independently on planning and implementing multi-cloud architectures, with a focus on performance, security and transparency. SAVECALL compares connectivity concepts such as SD-WAN and dedicated cloud access and finds the right solution for the company’s specific cloud providers and requirements.
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