Cyber Magazine July 2022 | Page 73

NETWORKS centres , multiple public clouds and edge environments ," says Jeff Boudreau , President of the Infrastructure Solutions Group at Dell Technologies . “ We have the industry ’ s broadest technology portfolio , consistent tools , experience building open ecosystems and leading data storage capabilities , services , and supply chains . All this uniquely positions Dell to help customers take control of their multicloud strategy .”
An overarching benefit of embracing multicloud is the freedom and flexibility it offers consumers , in that it prevents vendor lock-in and instead expands their options . Customers and businesses can identify the best prices , performance and security standards , and compute requirements , mixing-and-matching according to their individual needs and putting the control in their hands .
Another benefit is the way in which using multiple clouds enables the adoption of best-in-class tech from any vendor , helping organisations stay ahead of the curve and separate themselves from contemporaries , whilst expanding the pool of possibility .
For many organisations , one of the biggest disruptors when limited to just one vendor ’ s cloud infrastructure is the potential for outages and unplanned downtime . Separate cloud infrastructure not only limits the potential for a range of services to be impacted at the same time , but also reduces exposure to licensing , security , and compatibility issues arising from ‘ shadow IT ’. cybermagazine . com 73