Enterprises turn to multi-cloud environments despite extra complexity

Businesses have been adopting the cloud for many reasons, the results of a new study show that large enterprises are increasingly turning to multiple different clouds despite the complexity this creates. The report from hybrid cloud management company Scalr shows several reasons for this approach. Half of enterprises rank disaster recovery as the top reason for implementing multiple clouds, with having a secondary platform for test/dev coming in as a close second at 46 percent. More than one-third (36 percent) cite federation of IT, such as extending self-service to teams without sacrificing policy-based controls, as a main driver. To address… [Continue Reading]