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How Multi-Cloud Could Be the Growth Catalyst Your Business NeedsMany companies are moving to multi-cloud services. Should yours?

ByGirish Pancha

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It has been nearly two decades sincethe cloudwas born and even less sincecloud computingbegan to shape our businesses and daily lives. Cloud developments have advanced rapidly and for many companies, computing on a single cloud platform no longer offers enough value or agility. As an alternative, multi-cloud operations are increasing in popularity.

Multi-cloud is the intentional use of cloud services from two or more cloud platform-as-a-service providers. It enables scalability, controls costs, increases flexibility and optimizes performance. Multi-cloud is the way most businesses will operate in the near future. According to the most recentEnterprise Cloud Index, 36% of organizations worldwide are currently using multi-cloud, and multi-cloud adoption is expected to increase to 64% within the next three years.

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