How to Create a Multi-Cloud Strategy

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A multi-cloud strategy is a formal business approach that acknowledges that a company’s needs are best served by using multiple clouds for its range of operational and technology functions. Cloud services can be engaged to provide more computing power and storage, to scale capacity while only paying for resources you use, as part of a disaster recovery and failover plan, or simply to avoid vendor lock-in with a single cloud provider. Whatever the reason, businesses need a formal strategy for managing their operations in a multi-cloud environment. This article explains how to create such a strategy and looks at the…