VMware, a leading provider of multi-cloud services for applications that helps large enterprises manage governance using modern digital innovation, sponsored a new study by Vanson Bourne which found that businesses and organizations across Asia-Pacific are deeply embracing multi-cloud technology. However, the study also found that a large proportion of these organizations are still far from being able to use multi-cloud technology in a strategic way.
According to the survey, 70% of the Asia-Pacific businesses who took part said they use a wide variety of public cloud services extensively, while only 38% said they use the technology in a systematic way. Cloud technology users generally fall into four groups: Trailing (those who are only now starting out, later than their competitors), Cloud Beginner (those just getting started), Cloud Intermediate (moderate users), and Cloud Smart (strategic businesses that are skilled, experienced users).
If an organization focuses only on multi-cloud technology without adopting cloud technology in a planned, so-called “Cloud Smart” way, its applications and data risk being spread across too many clouds — leading to a more complicated stage known as cloud chaos.
“While local business organizations continue to operate consistently as Cloud First companies, most of them are close to stalling at their current level of progress when it comes to multi-cloud adoption. If an organization focuses only on multi-cloud technology without adopting cloud technology in a planned, so-called ‘Cloud Smart’ way, its applications and data risk being spread across too many clouds, leading to a more complicated stage known as cloud chaos. Cloud chaos is a state of cloud technology use in which visibility and the ability to maintain control are reduced,” said Paul Simos, Vice President and Managing Director for Southeast Asia and Korea at VMware.
As business organizations across Asia-Pacific work to become Cloud Smart organizations, the next stage calls for them to consider six key areas:
(1) Identifying potential revenue and profit opportunities
(2) Monetizing data
(3) Gaining clearer visibility into cloud technology usage costs
(4) Addressing data management and governance
(5) Strengthening security and control capability
(6) Closing the technology skills gap
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To help organizations move step by step through the process of advancing their cloud technology use, VMware recently introduced services that support customers in running, scaling, and securing their business workloads across private and public clouds as well as at the edge. The launch is also intended to help businesses upgrade their multi-cloud systems toward a Cloud Smart model.
To help businesses continue carrying out meaningful, results-driven processes for working with multi-cloud in a cloud-smart way, VMware will also introduce new assessment tools designed to help organizations capture business and innovation opportunities across the Asia-Pacific region.