Is multicloud really a thing? What makes multicloud or for that matter cloud work for companies? And what holds them back?
If Hashi’s survey is right, then either the market has changed (likely) or my old take of “very few choose multicloud, rather, it is foisted upon them” is WRONG. In fact, those who choose multicloud a few years ago, often did so for reliability and resistance. Surveys often suffer from aspirational answers and it does feel like there is a bit of that in this survey - like 27% of respondents said they build their own multicloud infrastructure tools from scratch. Um, maybe if you consider a YAML file an automation tool, but no. That’s a minor nit in what is otherwise a solid piece of work.
My primary grumble with the last version was dealt with by hiring Forrester to go get a solid sample rather than query Hashi’s own opt-in database of contacts and users. The nuance this time seems to be if I call my on-premises datacenter a private cloud and I use a public cloud, then I’m multicloud (vs hybrid). I don’t get paid to have cloud taxonomy conversations anymore so be forewarned.
