What does having a “multi-cloud” strategy mean to you? (Let’s agree that having SaaS products is not part of this definition, and the focus is on IaaS/PaaS public cloud providers (eg GCP, AWS, Azure, Alibaba). Multi-cloud (exclusively) means:
You simply have more than one cloud provider configured and available for use with no specific workload-based strategy (i.e polycloud)26%
You are running the same workload as active/active across two cloud providers35%
You are “cloud-agnostic” and using the lowest common denominator (think containers) with a focus on portability across two cloud providers22%
You are using a “best-of-breed” approach and running workloads where they most optimally run15%
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If you are open to it, please help me with additional insights into this multi-cloud topic by answering the following question on pulse:
Pulse: I am doing some independent research re: multi-cloud and need your help to: 1/ understand your definition of “multi-cloud”, 2/ learn if anyone has successfully deployed workloads in an active/active setup across multiple CSPs, 3/ inquire about the reasons for your multi-cloud strategies, and 4/ capture some of the challenges you are facing.
https://www.pulse.qa/post/i-am-doing-some-independent-research-re-multi-cloud-need-help-to-1-understand-definition-multi-cloud-2-learn-if-anyone-successfully
Adding Gautham Pallapa, Mark Thiele, and Tim Crawford since it'll be great to get their perspectives. Thank you!