{"id":98412,"date":"2024-05-27T12:41:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T10:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/glossary\/multi-cloud\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:05:44","slug":"multi-cloud","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/en\/glossary\/multi-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"98412\" class=\"elementor elementor-98412 elementor-48745\" data-elementor-post-type=\"glossary\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c16bc2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29c16bc2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7edb2a0d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7edb2a0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efccaa0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efccaa0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78a87e71 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78a87e71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2615867a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2615867a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is multi-cloud?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49a0423b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49a0423b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Multi-cloud is a <strong>cloud computing model<\/strong> that describes the simultaneous use of IT services from various independent public cloud providers (such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud) within one IT environment. It is used to select the most specialized solution for different workloads, optimize costs, or minimize dependency on a single provider (vendor lock-in). <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16efbfdc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"16efbfdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aceb838 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2aceb838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Strategy and concepts: Multi-cloud vs. hybrid multi-cloud<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e11dff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e11dff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A <strong>multi-cloud strategy<\/strong> is a company\u2019s deliberate approach to distributing its digital resources across multiple cloud platforms. The goal is to increase resilience through <a href=\"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/en\/glossary\/redundancy\/\">redundancy<\/a> or maximize flexibility when choosing software features. <\/p><p>This model is often expanded into <strong>hybrid multi-cloud<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Definition:<\/strong> In this approach, a company combines the services of multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/en\/glossary\/public-cloud-2\/\">public cloud<\/a> providers with its own on-premises infrastructure (<a href=\"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/en\/glossary\/private-cloud\/\">private cloud<\/a>).<\/li><li><strong>Function:<\/strong> Sensitive data often remains in the private cloud, while scalable compute capacity is sourced flexibly from various public cloud providers.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a5893a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61a5893a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reasons for the model? Current market data <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34630ea8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34630ea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to the Bitkom Cloud Report 2025, this approach has become the standard in the German economy:<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-95028 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/fc26-grafik-nas-de-cloudmodelle-1024x179.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/fc26-grafik-nas-de-cloudmodelle-1024x179.webp 1024w, https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/fc26-grafik-nas-de-cloudmodelle-300x52.webp 300w, https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/fc26-grafik-nas-de-cloudmodelle-768x134.webp 768w, https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/fc26-grafik-nas-de-cloudmodelle.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p><p>The main reasons for this trend are avoiding downtime and access to \u201cbest-of-breed\u201d technologies from different providers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1027cb88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1027cb88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Multi-cloud governance as a success factor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de565c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7de565c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A frequently underestimated aspect is the complexity of administration. 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