The single-cloud trap: why UK businesses’ multi-cloud strategy risks leaving them exposed

The enterprise narrative around public cloud computing has been overly idealized, treating it as an intangible, failsafe resource.

Boardrooms frequently discuss geographic regions and compute instances as if they exist purely in the ‘digital ether’, divorced from the vulnerable reality of concrete, copper wiring and power grids.

However, as the enterprise landscape grows increasingly complex, that illusion is rapidly deteriorating.

World events have reiterated the reality that ‘the cloud’ is networking and compute, all around us; powered by tangible grids on the ground. Should those assets encounter disruption for any reason, the digital economy they foundationally support grinds to a halt.

The cloud, and public cloud in particular, has been the answer to many enterprise challenges and served as a powerful accelerant for growth and innovation.

And whilst the enterpriseshift toward public cloud continues at pace (with industry analysts expecting 90% of organizations to adopt a hybrid cloud approach...

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