By André Andriolli *
Look at the way you consume technology yourself. I bet your cell phone is from a brand, the e-mail account is from another company and when you are going to write texts, I can guarantee that you open the tool from a third company. This scenario is exactly the same in the corporate environment. And, it is more and more common to see corporations adopt more than one cloud provider and the reasons for this are numerous - whether to reduce costs, risks or meet specific business needs. But know that far beyond cutting costs or increasing the protection of the company, adopting multiple clouds can be the kick-start for the development of innovative solutions.
The digital transformation brought about a paradigm shift and the main one was the fact that information technology is no longer restricted to the IT area, but is now everywhere. How did this happen? In the past, there was the sector and professionals who took care of corporate technology and, in case any team needed a technological apparatus, they looked for the responsible team. Nowadays, everything is at our fingertips and we can hire tools that help us with our daily demands. In other words, technology is everywhere and people are increasingly digital. Multicloud, for example, is already a reality in companies in all segments of Brazil.
In this plurality of options, it is essential to take advantage of the wide range available on the market to get the best out of each of the existing clouds. Each vendor offers APIs (Application Programming Interface) and different functions, which provide numerous opportunities to develop innovative solutions. If the need is a first level service portal, for example, a supplier should offer you more assertive tools, but if you are looking for security in your customers' data storage, another provider may be more functional.
The important thing is to get the best out of each one. For this, it is essential that executives are independent to explore the tools that exist on the market, without having to face the existing technological infrastructure at all times. The ideal, in fact, is that it is increasingly invisible.
In this way, teams can quickly consume the technological advantages of each cloud, without having to deal with specific technology issues on a daily basis. The trajectory for the cloud needs to be covered independently and the choice of public, private or hybrid clouds must be made according to the needs and not according to a pre-established guide. On a journey to innovation, the multicloud path will help you succeed.
* André Andriolli, CTO of VMware in Latin America
Warning: The opinion presented in this article is the responsibility of its author and not of ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies
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