Webinar: How a multi-cloud approach can benefit your organization

Cloud migration strategies, in particular multi-cloud, have become major buzzwords in network expansion discussions. What we’re seeing is that organizations are moving towards a multi-cloud hybrid approach using public and private clouds to set up a customized solution to fit their business needs. I recently hosted a webinar with two Spectrum Enterprise experts: Paul Bentivegna, our senior manager of solution architecture and strategy, and Russell Dennis, our director of managed services and security solutions, exploring the benefits of a multi-cloud approach to business.

Here are some of the key takeaways from the second webinar in the Practical Applications for a Modern Network series.

Looking at multi-cloud deployment benefits

• The cloud enables organizations to employ their compute resources in a place where they don't have to worry about space, power, refueling generators, cleaning schedules and other maintenance issues.
• Outsourcing tasks like compute, backup, and application hosting to a cloud frees up employees to focus on actually running the core business.
• Having multiple cloud providers allows for an organization to utilize a specific cloud provider based on their differences in pricing, performance, security, compliance requirements and geographic reach.
   

What’s required for organizations before leveraging a multi-cloud environment?

• Organizations need to start a cloud migration with the desired end state in mind, not only from a technology standpoint but also from a business standpoint. Organizations need to understand the business need of their applications, and do an in-depth application inventory, so that they can understand and optimize connection points, and know where and why the data will be moving, before migrating to the cloud.
• As part of the planning of what sort of data/applications will move to which cloud, organizations must work with technology partners to determine these factors: What's the value of the application? What's the value of the data? Are there ways to migrate and encapsulate the data into other applications and other business processes?
   

Listen to our previous Webinar: Practical Applications for a Modern Network: SD-WAN