When the traditional IT datacenter becomes insufficient to meet the fast-paced, resource-intensive demands of modern business, enterprise leaders look to the cloud as an efficient solution for provisioning storage and compute.
Efficiency is the key word because without it, all of the efforts to leverage the unique benefits of the cloud can be for naught. Today’s organizations need a super-efficient multicloud architecture that empowers freedom and versatility.
Key Takeaways:
The multicloud describes an infrastructure approach in which two or more cloud platforms are working in tandem. Multicloud architecture can consist of both private clouds controlled entirely by the respective organization as well as third-party public clouds, though the term “multicloud” typically refers specifically to a collection of public clouds.
Operating in a multicloud environment is all about efficiency. The main purpose of adopting the multicloud in the first place is often to gain the freedom of placing workloads in the right cloud at the right time for the sake of cost efficiency, lowest-possible network latency, and future-proof scalability.
Other benefits include avoiding vendor lock-in through seamless licensing on a comprehensive multicloud platform and the ability to prevent data loss and downtime through the diversification of cloud platform partners. The multicloud even has unique security benefits in the form of hardened cloud security measures and flexible disaster recovery-as-a-service options.
Knowing what makes the multicloud architecture so efficient is one thing, but knowing how that efficiency is even possible is what makes all the difference. The right multicloud solution breaks down the silos keeping individual clouds apart and provides a unified means for sharing data through unified operations. Achieving this deeper understanding of multicloud and its capabilities will make it possible to design the best possible architecture at the enterprise level.
In addition to the standard benefits that an organization can enjoy in a multicloud environment, there are advanced benefits that become attainable when a hybrid cloud approach enters the mix. The ideal hybrid cloud leverages hyperconvergence to efficiently extend the full datacenter functionality of an on-premises private cloud to one or more public clouds.
The result is a hybrid multicloud that provides super benefits like consistency for all workloads regardless of your choice of cloud, simplicity in the form of a single control plane for multicloud management, and best-in-class security. While not every cloud platform offers the same features and perks, the right one ensures a certain level of business continuity and operational elasticity no matter which clouds and tools the consumer organization chooses to use.
The Nutanix-designed hybrid multicloud, for instance, seamlessly meets its enterprise users on their terms and at their scale while being flexible, capable of scaling up or down as necessary as use cases evolve. For those designing a multicloud architecture for the first time, a particularly crucial use case that the Nutanix hybrid multicloud satisfies is the need for cloud migrations — accomplished through a simple lift and shift that brings any application to the cloud.
Gartner forecasts that worldwide end-user public cloud spending will reach nearly $600 billion in 2023 and that 75% of organizations will adopt a digital transformation model predicated on the cloud by 2026. This imminent and widespread adoption is a clear indication that many organizations of all shapes and sizes are capitalizing on the game-changing benefits of the cloud.
Even as the multicloud methodology edges toward becoming the go-to IT infrastructure dynamic, many adopters find that their architecture is anything but efficient in the long term. Unnecessary complexity is born of the siloed nature of disparate clouds and a lack of centralization between them.
Nutanix Cloud Clusters proves that simplicity is efficiency. Cluster software simplifies hybrid clouds and multicloud architecture by enabling consistent IT operations across clouds through a single common control plane. IT leaders take control of the hybrid cloud on their terms, effortlessly scaling the environment and provisioning resources exactly as needed with minimal complications to hinder the process.
The Nutanix hybrid multicloud strategy further simplifies IT architecture with a “one platform” philosophy. With simple one-click operations that do not compromise on security, storage, or governance, the Nutanix platform can serve as an all-encompassing hub from which to manage all clouds as one.
When it comes to actually designing a super-efficient multicloud architecture, building a cloud environment with Nutanix solutions can ensure the unification and simplicity necessary for peak operational efficiency. A single OS for the entire cloud environment, non-disruptive automation for cloud migration, and seamless cloud services are just a few of the essential building blocks of the ideal cloud ecosystem.
Taking the first steps into the hybrid multicloud means experiencing a host of unprecedented IT benefits, but it is not an error-proof process. The most efficient solution is often to leverage a single platform that emphasizes simplicity in every aspect of cloud operations.
The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud delivers the simplicity and agility that businesses need from the multicloud as well as the security and control inherent to a private cloud deployment. This best-of-both-worlds approach is only possible by integrating the hybrid cloud with a distributed multicloud and backing it all with state-of-the-art hypervisor technology.
The undeniable goal of instating multicloud architecture is freedom. When that architecture is super efficient and super flexible, organizations gain the agency to operate entirely on their own terms without sacrificing success.
Learn more about why cloud-native computing is a must and how to build the private cloud component of your hybrid deployment.
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