Unlocking the power of Multi-Cloud: How can your business benefit?

Cloud services have become the lifeblood for modern IT, with many businesses choosing to use more than one Cloud service provider as the needs of businesses grow and change.

Multi-Cloud solutions are more secure, flexible and low-risk compared to single-service strategies and have come to be favoured by businesses for those exact reasons.

At Sure Business, we have a team of experts who know the current state of Cloud services market well. We spoke with them about how to maximise the use of Multi-Cloud and how it can benefit your business...

What is Multi-Cloud?

Multi-Cloud environments utilise a variety of public Cloud services to secure data, which can include infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, from vendors such as Microsoft Azure or Sure.

It is key to understand the difference between this and hybrid-Cloud, which combine on-premises and public cloud services from a single vendor and allow for integration between them. For us at Sure Business, this Multi-Cloud technology extends your on-premises environment to your chosen public Clouds such as Microsoft Azure and Sure vCloud via private connections and does not go over the public Internet. Our Cloud connectivity service offers higher reliability, greater speeds, consistent latencies, and higher security.

Businesses using Multi-Cloud environments can tailor their service based on products from different providers, improving operational capabilities while mitigating risk associated with single-vendor dependence.  

What are the Top four benefits of multi-Cloud?

1.Flexibility, resilience and reliability

With the option to tailor services based on aspects of various platforms, Multi-Cloud users can adopt a strategy that is perfectly suited to their needs.

Disaster recovery is also a much smoother and efficient process when using Multi-Cloud environments.  If one provider experiences an outage, data and workloads can be easily transferred to other providers so businesses can continue operating with no interruption.

Businesses facing unexpected or fast changes in their operational requirements also have agility and flexibility to scale up or down their service as required.

2.Cost efficiency

One of the key benefits of Multi-Cloud is that organisations can pick and choose which services they wish to use, and by extension, can create a bespoke service with a cost right for them. With the freedom to allocate resources as needed, organisations have ownership of their Cloud service and will not need to pay for unnecessary services.

In eliminating the need for data centres and opting for Multi-Cloud storage, businesses are saving a significant amount of money on building and maintaining their own infrastructure.

There are also a range of cost options available based on specific usage patterns for organisations to choose from. We offer a range of connectivity options depending on your contention and speed requirements.

3.Performance

When data, applications and services are geographically dispersed, the overall user experience is improved in a number of ways. Firstly, response times are better, as organisations can select providers that are physically closer to their users or customers. Secondly, businesses can choose providers with a high standard of service and capabilities, further enhancing the customer experience as a whole.

Network connectivity is also significantly enhanced with the use of Multi-Cloud strategies due to private connections routing traffic to the closest service, contributing to high-speeds and low-latency.

4.Compliance

As privacy requirements become more stringent, it is important that organisations are complying with regulations when it comes to data security. Multi-Cloud environments can help businesses comply with regulations that require data to be stored in different locations, as organisations can decide which providers to use based on where they’re located. This is an especially important factor in the UK and Europe, where data laws are particularly strict. 

Who should use Multi-Cloud?

From large-scale companies to small start-ups, Multi-Cloud services are a great solution for businesses of any size.

For larger business, a key benefit is maximising operational efficiency and minimising the risk of downtime. Smaller businesses, which often do not reap the same financial rewards as their bigger competitors, can choose cost-efficient options that cater to their exact needs, without paying for a package of resources that may not be relevant to company’s operations.  

Migrating to a Multi-Cloud strategy can be a transformative move for businesses, creating more opportunity for cost savings and digital resilience. At a time when cyber-crime is becoming more sophisticated, storing your data in multiple Cloud providers is not only the most flexible and reliable way to store your business’ data, but also the best approach to getting the most out of your service by tailoring it to exactly what your business needs.

Want to find out more about transitioning to Multi-Cloud? Contact our experts today.