What is Multicloud?
Multicloud is the practice of using cloud services from more than one cloud provider simultaneously. Rather than committing to a single vendor such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, organizations distribute workloads, services, and data across multiple providers, each selected based on performance, cost, compliance requirements, geographic availability, or capability fit.
The term is written as one-word, multi-cloud, though it is also commonly hyphenated or split in industry literature. All three forms refer to the same concept.
Multicloud is now the default operating model for most large enterprises. According to Flexera’s 2024 State of the Cloud report, over 89% of enterprises operate in a multicloud environment, the majority of which do so deliberately as
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