[LINK] The Naivete of Cloud-Using Organisations

[Roger Clarke]

I find it pretty remarkable that a notion like 'hybrid cloud' could be 
used to make a marketing splash in late 2024:
https://www.itnews.com.au/feature/hybrid-cloud-not-a-trend-but-the-new-norm-for-business-resilience-613841

 > 90% of enterprises [are] projected to adopt multi-cloud or hybrid 
cloud models by 2024,
 > hybrid infrastructures are essential for maintaining operational 
continuity in a rapidly evolving digital landscape
 > hybrid cloud provides organisations with a flexible, integrated 
infrastructure that combines on-premises systems, private clouds, and 
public clouds

OTOH, I was disappointed to find that the necessity of being able to 
switch rapidly between different cloud services was only muddily 
outlined in the papers I published when cloud computing was emerging.


In 2010, I only mentioned:
https://www.rogerclarke.com/II/CCSA.html#S
 > If cloud computing matures into a competitive market, brokers are 
likely to emerge, to intercede between vast numbers of clients, on the 
one hand, and multiple service-providers' cloud managers, on the other.

https://www.rogerclarke.com/II/CCBR.html#TRC
 > lateral compatibility - to ensure the freedom to escape to another 
provider.

In 2012, I referred to:
https://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/CCEF.html#Exh2
 > Lateral Compatibility - to enable dual-sourcing and escape to an 
alternative provider
...
 > Organisations that choose to be dependent on remote services could be 
expected to have fallback arrangements designed, trialled and at the 
ready. These might take the form of alternative cloud suppliers. On the 
other hand, it is not in the interests of cloud-providers to facilitate 
churn away from themselves, and hence standards and protocols supporting 
inter-operability have been slow to emerge.

And in 2013:
https://www.rogerclarke.com/II/DRC.html#GS
 > Various applications of the redundancy principle are relevant. 
However, replication of the data across multiple locations, and even 
across multiple service-providers, while mitigating the risk of loss and 
inaccessibility, increases the risk of unauthorised access. 
Multi-sourcing remains very challenging at this stage, although some 
progress has been made in inter-operability protocols and standards, 
e.g. SNIA (2012).


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