Lower budgets and demand for high ROI- experts are expecting the cloud computing world to change by leaps and bounds in the next year. The dominating trends are expected to be planning and strategy, here, we're going to talk about what the next year has to offer... Experts don't really think that the next year will have more focus on zero-trust security or there will be any tactical shift in technology. It is expected to be a bigger fix or a strategic trend.  Instead of simply tossing technology and money at problems, this is probably something that's been a long time in coming. Going a few years back, the focus was completely on emerging patterns, but the thinking of experts got shifted by something- you can call it a global pandemic, making many businesses rush towards the newfound safety of public cloud providers. The rapid growth of could computing since the year 2019 says it all.

Lift and shift to public cloud providers

This extremely quick lift and shift to public cloud providers have come up with some issues that businesses are facing. It includes a lack of discipline and too many complexities, improper planning, and lesser ROI from cloud deployment. These are some of these issues that are probably going to be highlighted in the coming year, though they should be started years back.

One of the most common issues that businesses are facing these days- there are too many cloud computing services that are required to be tracked and managed. This, in turn, again invites some complexities and the key reason is the rise of multi-cloud.

There should be a purpose behind a business moving to multi-cloud, but when businesses look for the best could service without any plan for what needs to be done with these services after deployment causes troubles. This is where unnecessary cost gets involved and there are lesser returns, not a new story.  

A couple of ways that can help in managing the cloud complexity issues include a better approach to managing these complexities and the strategic use of technology. A business needs to have a common layer of technology above any legacy or edge-based systems and also above the public cloud providers, and this will help in reducing redundancy.   There are some common services in this layer, a single cloud operations system, a single security system, a single data management system, finops, and more. A supercloud or metacloud, this technology needs to be there within a common layer. What does the strategic cloud trend do here? It helps in cutting down the cloud cost with the help of a common finops layer that takes care of cost monitoring, cost governance, as well as cloud cost optimization, and it also helps in solving all the possible complexities by leveraging common services and a common control plane.

Once these couple of problems are resolved, this is sure to help in solving cloud cost problems and complexities, making the ROI fix itself. The business can expect better value as the cloud services and could applications that are being used for the last few years are expected to become more and more advanced and optimized. The change in the coming year is going to be more than just an argument on concepts, it's going to be about actual planning and execution. If you own a business and looking forward to going faster, you may need to opt for a slower pace initially. You can make a lot better and more strategic use of could technology once strategies, funding, and all your plans are in place.

Expecting to see more companies shifting to multi-cloud

As PR agencies are now pushing the predictions of their clients for the coming year and major cloud conferences are also taking place, we need to take a look at what experts have to say about the evolution of cloud computing in 2023. Experts are suggesting large cloud providers focus on multi-cloud for years, of course, this is probably a big step and is going to change the way how they market their technology.  

Diluting the value of their specific technology, and adding some confusion to the market are a couple of reasons why businesses have not taken this step. On the other hand, small players are accepting this as an opportunity, they are making this move positively, one way or the other, and they are seeing multi-cloud as a clear advantage. The direction in which the cloud technology is moving is very clear, we're well into the reality of complex cloud deployments utilizing more than one cloud provider in most cases.

Will the large cloud providers accept and promote multi-cloud technology? How are they going to provide this technology to businesses? It's all about focusing on development, and if you are among those who are doing it, you won't miss Kubernetes.

Today, businesses are in favor of some kinds of container-based developments, and container orchestration in their specific cloud platforms. So, what is the missing part here? It's turnkey technology that takes care of the development and deployment of multi-cloud solutions. Or, you can call it distributed and heterogenous container orchestration the one that can deploy containerized applications across public cloud providers.

Gone are the days when it was something new as there are available technologies that can deploy across traditional on-premises platforms as well as orchestrate containers across various cloud providers. One thing that can be expected to be new here is the support of multi-cloud container orchestration and the release of technology that simplifies building and deploying these systems with the help of native cloud services that run across cloud providers. It makes the business capable of finding best-of-breed solutions on different cloud providers while not being limited to deployment on a single cloud provider, the benefits are very easy to understand.

·       Businesses are accepting that multi-cloud is the most likely end state. Some businesses end up with multi-cloud for obvious reasons while others reach to it with the help of organic growth and by choosing different best-of-breed cloud services across cloud providers, and this can be called a tactical need of the business.

·       Large cloud providers are accepting the fact that they won't be able to market multi-cloud anymore. This is a part of the technological zeitgeist now, and avoiding it will likely backfire.

·       Developers are accepting the fact that expanding their deployment reach across clouds is an option that is capable of producing better applications that utilize exactly the same technology they need, regardless of the cloud it’s running on, keeping in mind that this can't be right for all kinds of applications.

Final words

Have you ever given thought to what will happen if this particular shift to multi-cloud container orchestration will become a reality in the coming year? It is a mere fact that businesses may need some time to realize the capabilities of this technology, and how they can make the best use of it. On the other hand, the time difference is huge between when technology providers announce something new, and when it becomes available and usable for businesses.

Things are expected to move a little slower as we are dealing with the development and deployment of applications. Is it going to take a lot of time to become available? Is it worth the wait? There are many questions that are needed to be answered.