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1BMC Survey Looks at Enterprises’ Concept of Multi-Cloud Environments
The concept of public, private and hybrid cloud systems are well known. But now a new survey from software and IT services provider BMC asked more than 1,000 IT leaders about the evolving concept of the multi-cloud environment that seek to manage all of a company’s cloud resources as an integrated whole. The survey showed that in fact many enterprises don’t even have a good idea of how much they are spending on cloud services. The survey also examined why artificial intelligence is becoming an important technology for managing multi-cloud systems. The survey enabled BMC to recommend best practices companies can employ to make multi-cloud implementations more effective. Read on to learn more about multi-clouds and how companies are trying to harness them to boost efficiency.
2Getting a Handle on Cloud Computing Costs
3Why Enterprises Are Looking Into Multi-Cloud Implementations
BMC’s found that 80 percent of IT leaders are aware that they need to seek “new approaches” of managing and integrating their use of public and private cloud services. As a result, the concept of multi-cloud implementations is evolving to manage, public, private and hybrid cloud resources as an integrated whole.
4Artificial Intelligence Has a Role in Managing Multi-Cloud Systems
5Are IT Managers Entirely Sure What a Multi-Cloud Is
6How to Define Multi-Cloud Environments
7Cost Optimization Is Driver of Public Cloud Adoption
8Business Agility, Risk Mitigation Also Drive Public Cloud Adoption
9Automation of Multi-Cloud Environments Is Also a Challenge
10Where the Money Is Going
11Recommendations on Multi-Cloud Adoption
BMC offered companies some recommendations for managing multi-cloud environments after analyzing its survey results. BMC said companies should get a better idea of how much they are spending on cloud services and be proactive about bolstering cloud security. Successful multi-cloud management also requires improved automation and use of artificial intelligence.