James Maguire
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A6 #eweekchat . Makes me think I should start a third party AI-based multicloud company. Third times the charm!
Thanks all! This has been another excellent #eWEEKchat . Serious insight today – great to see this monthly gathering. Stay tuned for next month’s chat!
A8 #eweekchat Multicloud, like losing weight, is an evergreen aspiration that can only be successful with constant attention and consistent behavior.
Q9. A last Big Thought about multicloud – what else should managers/buyers/providers know about multicloud? #eWEEKchat
A6 #eWEEKchat #multicloud and #AI go hand in hand. automation, cost optimization, predictive analytics, workload placement, security
Q7. It turns out the data center is alive and well in 2024. Won’t cloud – and now multicloud – *ever* make the datacenter obsolete? #eWEEKchat
A6. The future is multiAI for many of us and it will inherently drive more #multicloud . This will be influenced by both emerging AI partnerships (e.g. Microsoft + OpenAI, AWS + Anthropic) and tailored in-house offerings (Google Gemini). #eweekchat
Q6. What about multicloud and a related technology? How about AI? How is multicloud interacting/driving that related technology? #eWEEKchat
James Maguire A5. One word - abstraction! (No, not plastics 😉). Shims and middle-men get a lot of stick - often rightfully so - but abstracting your core platform and interesting through open APIs and protocols enables mobility, flexibility, choice, ++. #eweekchat
Q5. What Best Practices advice would you give to companies to optimize a multicloud deployment? #eWEEKchat
A1 #eweekchat Most companies v interested in multi-cloud but quail when they begin to comprehend the complexity and cost.
A1: Every company says they have a multi-cloud strategy, but when one dives underneath the covers, one typically finds isolated pools of apps running on different clouds with little commonality across the operational artifacts and operations practices #eweekchat
Q3. What are the most frustrating multicloud challenges today? Cost, security, accountability? #eWEEKchat
A1: Yes and no. Often, there is an expectation that 'multi-cloud' means running an application in multiple cloud environments. The more successful approach is to use a multi-cloud strategy to reduce risk and vendor lock-in. It's optional to run an app in multiple cloud #eweekchat