Need for data portability is driving cloud strategies

The rise in container use and demands for data portability are driving decisions on cloud adoption according to a new report. Workload automation specialist Turbonomic surveyed over 800 IT professionals to examines the underlying dynamics fueling cloud-native/container and multicloud adoption. Among the findings are that 83 percent of respondents expect workloads to move freely across clouds. The primary drivers for workload portability and true multicloud elasticity are a desire to have best-of-breed cloud services and guarantee application availability. The majority of respondents (62 percent) have already embarked on their cloud native/container journey -- with adoption accelerating. On average, respondents estimate… [Continue Reading]