The state of multi-cloud: 64% of organisations see their use of multi-cloud increasing in the next two years

OVHcloud has released its executive report on the state of multi-cloud, examining the views of over 500 IT decision-makers of large organisations in the UK. According to the state of multi-cloud report, 62% of organisations are currently using a multi-cloud environment, with a further 18% actively in the process of transitioning to a multi-cloud environment.

Matt Tebay from OVHcloud said using the right workload is rapidly being accepted as the best way to do business today.

“Almost two-thirds (64%) of organisations see their use of multi-cloud increasing in the next two years, so although it can bring considerable complexity, the benefits are clear to companies today. In fact, only 3% of organisations said that their use of multi-cloud would decrease in the next two years, and fewer than 1% have no plans to use multi-cloud at all,” added Tebay.

The flexibility of multi-cloud, allowing organisations to run workloads in the right cloud environments, was recognised by half of the study as one of its main strengths, closely followed by improved agility (41%). Cost-effectiveness and gaining access to better infrastructure on an OpEx basis (40%) as well as reduced organisational risk (39%) – through having fewer points of failure – were also seen as key advantages.

“Running the right application on the right cloud can bring significant operational gains to organisations … Although working in multiple cloud environments can require higher levels of skills and training, when done well it can bring both enhanced agility and a solid commercial ROI,” said Tebay.

However, the report also highlighted several challenges with multi-cloud environments, with 27% of IT decision-makers highlighting technical complexity as one of their main concern or area of risk, and 31% being concerned with a larger physical estate implying more endpoints to secure, and as a result, more possible vulnerabilities.

“This complexity may explain why just under half (46%) of the study admitted to still being ‘on the road’ to multi-cloud, taking it a step at a time … Despite this, almost a quarter (23%) of IT decision-makers said that their use of multi-cloud was ‘plain sailing’ and that they’re seeing significant benefits, which shows the real impact of a mature, well-thought-out approach to multi-cloud,” added Tebay.

The research was carried out by market research agency Censuswide and surveyed 504 IT decision-makers of large organisations with 201 – 700 employees.

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