Why an organization would have a multi-cloud network

As I’ve mentioned, AWS, Azure, and GCP each have some services that are unique to each of them. A business may find that the combination of PaaS and SaaS applications that best serve its operational needs are all on different cloud platforms. An enterprise could have Azure OpenAI Service for automated customer service, Amazon GameLift to host its online video game servers, and a payment gateway on GCP to process customer credit card transactions.

Michael Warrilow, VP Analyst at Gartner, says this:

“Most organizations adopt a multi-cloud strategy out of a desire to avoid vendor lock-in or to take advantage of best-of-breed solutions. We expect that most large organizations will continue to willfully pursue this approach.”

According to a survey Gartner conducted in 2019, 81% of their respondents are working with two or more providers. That was at least a few years ago. Gartner foretasted an increase in...