When cloud computing entered the scene, it proved to be a disruptive technology by altering the face of global production. With enhanced computation power, better communication, and seamless mobility, cloud tech has ushered in a new era of computing.
As cloud computing has matured enough, tech giants have realized that clients are increasingly leaning towards hybrid and multi-cloud implementation. This inclination primarily stems from the fact that not every cloud requires everything a client requires.
According to Gartner’s survey, 81% of organizations use two or more public cloud providers. This requirement has led Google to develop a multi-cloud strategy that leverages cloud technologies’ best features.
While single-cloud technology reduces Capex, the company has relatively fewer options for higher operation expenditures or Opex. This lack of legroom has encouraged companies to adopt hybrid and multi-cloud approaches.
Google, which created the ubiquitous Kubernetes, has developed the best experience for cloud users seeking multi-cloud and hybrid solutions. The IT giant’s open approach is reflected in Kubernetes and open-source projects such as TensorFlow, among many others.
The engineers who created Google’s Kubernetes Engine (GKE) have harnessed the underlying foundation of K8s and unveiled a new feature, Anthos. This latest incorporation allows users to implement their hybrid cloud strategies by developing and deploying their solutions on various cloud premises.
Anthos, Google’s open platform, allows companies to operationalize an app securely anytime, anywhere. It is the first hybrid cloud solution that supports the deployment of apps on other clouds.
The platform doesn’t make developers jump through various hoops by deploying applications without any modifications. DevOps teams can now manage GKE and third-party K8s clusters and install Google-validated upgrades quite swiftly.
In simpler terms, Anthos is a binding force that connects on-premises servers, cloud servers, and various cloud platforms. According to a survey conducted by Forrester, Anthos has increased platform operating efficiency by 40% to 55%.
This may be due to Azure and AWS’s closeted nature. While Azure Stack can’t be integrated with any other cloud, the AWS Outposts feature doesn’t even support workload migration to other clouds. This is one of the areas in which Anthos outperforms its competition.
Google’s Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Approach
Riding on the popularity of Anthos, Google has unveiled a new iteration of its hybrid platform tool, Anthos for Bare Metal. This new feature allows organizations to modernize their applications on bare-metal or physical servers, which often house only one OS.
With Anthos coupled with bare metal servers, DevOps teams can experience lower latency and better performance as they run apps on the preexisting hardware and software infrastructures. The reduction of efforts and better efficiency trim costs and other overheads a company might experience.
However, Google didn’t restrict itself to developing and refining Anthos. The Californian giant has rolled out a cost-effective multi-cloud analytics tool called ‘BigQuery Omni.’ Unlike the other analytics tools, the BigQuery Omni is indeed an Omni tool, for it gleans useful analytics off AWS and Azure. The most significant advantage that BigQuery has over its competitors is that the other analytics tools are somewhat rudimentary for multi-cloud analytics.
Typically, users must paste the data from the other cloud into their primary cloud analytics tool. This process is not only cumbersome but might even incur additional costs. However, Google has not turned Nelson’s eye to this minor but finer aspect. With BigQuery, users can glean insightful analytics without any cross-cloud data shift. It takes a few clicks to obtain the required analytics with BigQuery.
The future
Cloud technology kicked off a new era in computing. Google has doubled down on its efforts to further cloud tech to its zenith. Unlike others, which restrict themselves to their cloud solutions, Google unveils features and tools for driving innovation through hybrid and multi-cloud collaboration.
From Kubernetes to Anthos, Google is one of the trio (AWS, Azure, and GCP) that has realized the importance of open-source applications and libraries. As the world accepted open-source applications as mainstream, Google realized that the world would soon incorporate multi-cloud strategies.
However, the strategy is relatively new and not everyone’s game. Let us guide you through your multi-cloud journey with our in-house experts.
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