Dependent on the cloud
“The AWS outage at Amazon, one of the largest and most significant cloud providers worldwide, highlights the dependency of many companies on public cloud providers. In addition to major customers, Amazon itself was also affected. High availability and a wide range of diverse services offer great incentives for customers. However, they can also develop into a cost trap, as a broader usage portfolio in such public cloud applications often comes with additional costs. These costs are often not foreseeable in advance.”
AWS outage points the way to hybrid cloud infrastructure
The high-availability promise of the public cloud can only be realized when individual services and networks are built in a decentralized manner. A small error in the system can trigger a chain reaction on countless other web services – as happened in the current case. To prevent this, extensive redundancy concepts are necessary. For this purpose, companies should consider establishing a hybrid cloud infrastructure. It integrates higher security levels and a clearly defined cost cap from private cloud applications, thus combining the advantages of both deployment models.
Hybrid cloud concept provides more independence
Should either the public cloud or the private cloud used fail, the affected services can simply be started up and continued to operate in the respective other component. This minimizes the inaccessibility of one’s own infrastructure. So if a business owner asks whether an investment in a hybrid cloud is economically worthwhile, I would answer yes in the case of many medium-sized companies. Large enterprises have already recognized this and often rely on hybrid solutions. With the help of a concrete cloud concept and competent consultation, operational costs can be reduced, which in turn creates space for the adoption of multiple cloud applications.
