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of a public cloud and the flexibility of a
private cloud – for implementing company
requirements in areas such as auditing, risk
management and policy management. the two cloud approaches do not rule one
another out – they can be combined. Many
companies actually do count on these types
of models.
Yet using a multicloud is the latest trend.
There are some basic differences between
hybrid and multicloud models: a hybrid cloud
consists of multiple clouds of different types
(private and public clouds). They are more
or less well integrated with one another and
can be administered together, for example,
through an infrastructure that simplifies
workload portability with APIs, middleware,
or containers. A multicloud, in contrast,
consists of two or more clouds of the same
type. It can be composed of multiple
private clouds, or multiple public clouds.
And of course, there are also hybrid forms: The extensive discussions surrounding
differences between them are ultimately
of an academic nature. From a user’s
perspective, one thing is for sure: a cloud
is a cloud. The challenges for hybrid and
multicloud solutions are comparable. These
relate primarily to the topic of management.
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The multicloud trend and
its challenges
Why exactly is it that multicloud models are
increasingly coming to the fore? To put it
simply, it’s because companies prefer best of
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