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24 Sep 2024
Enterprise cloud computing is shaping the digital transformation journey of businesses across the world. With an expertly orchestrated cloud infrastructure, your business can achieve unparalleled scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency.
But to benefit from the power of cloud services, you need to stay ahead of the latest cloud computing trends and wield them to your advantage.
In this blog, we will delve into eight key trends shaping the future of enterprise cloud computing:
As we discuss each of these trends, we will offer unique insights to help IT professionals, CIOs, cloud engineers, DevOps and DevSecOps teams stay ahead of the curve.
Cloud Agnostic Solutions
Many early adopters of enterprise cloud computing have suffered the negative effects of putting all their metaphorical eggs in one basket, or in this case – one cloud provider. While this approach may work for some, it puts immense control in the hands of a single cloud service provider. If a business decides to change providers, their current cloud provider can make this process difficult and expensive. This situation is referred to as a vendor lock-in and cloud agnostic solutions are the best way to avoid it.
Cloud agnostic platforms provide you with a single interface where you can manage resources across a range of cloud environments. By employing cloud agnostic solutions, you can run applications and services across several cloud environments without having to depend on single provider. This way, you can pick and choose the best providers for each of your needs based on the services and pricing options they offer.
BSO’s Managed Kubernetes is a great example of a cloud agnostic approach that allows companies to seamlessly orchestrate a container-based microservices strategy. With our managed solution, companies can build a support plan and choose the best cloud providers based on their unique needs. Moreover, Kubernetes is an open-sourced platform with a continuously growing ecosystem of tools created by developers around the world to improve the ways that your organisation can build and maintain your Kubernetes clusters.
Enhanced Cloud Connectivity
Impeccable performance, security, and reliability are the baseline for any good cloud provider. What sets a provider apart in today’s high-demand cloud service environment, is enhanced cloud connectivity and the opportunities it unfolds for privacy, efficiency, and speed.
BSO’s Cloud Connect is a fully bespoke cloud direct connect product, which connects your infrastructure and cloud environment (e.g. data centre, office, colocation space) through a dedicated private path. With Cloud Connect, you can bypass the public internet and establish a private connection directly to the cloud provider’s network.
Cloud Connect for enterprise cloud computing is uniquely positioned to meet your cross-connection network needs. Our solution is also supported by an in-house team of expert engineers who will work alongside you to build a cloud access solution that addresses your security, redundancy, and performance requirements.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
IaaS is a cloud computing model that provides virtualised computing resources over the internet. With IaaS, your fundamental infrastructure components, including servers, storage, networking, and virtualisation are hosted and managed by a third-party provider like BSO. This allows you to access and use these resources on a pay-as-you-go basis, without the need to invest in and maintain physical hardware.
IaaS allows you to focus on your core operations while relying on cloud providers like BSO to manage your infrastructure needs.
Our Cloud Infrastructure as a Service solution, BSO IaaS, offers a streamlined process that includes two hypervisor selection options. You can choose between VMware for strong software support or CloudStack for Kubernetes and strong provisioning automation. With dedicated resource definition, you can specify your needs, including public IPs and connectivity options. Moreover, BSO’s IaaS enables tailored, secure, and well-supported virtualised environments.
Multi-Cloud Management
Multi-cloud management is another key aspect that will help you avoid vendor lock-in. As you expand and diversify your enterprise cloud computing infrastructure, managing more than one cloud environment becomes essential. This is one of the cloud computing trends that we believe will define the future of the industry. In fact, in 2023 76% of companies globally were using multiple clouds across all sectors, with numbers going as high as 87% for the financial services industry and 89% for the telecom industry.
While multi-cloud management has many benefits, it doesn’t come without its own set of unique challenges. Most notably, the complexity and unique specifics of each cloud environment you utilise may require a set of skills and knowledge that not many employees have. Moreover, managing several cloud environments makes it difficult to pass information from one cloud to another and can result in data migration fees. It also opens opportunities for security breaches as your infrastructure is spread over several providers with unique strengths and weaknesses.
Having said that, if you work with a reliable managed cloud provider, these challenges are easy to overcome. At BSO, our experts can support your team in setting up and managing a robust cloud computing infrastructure with industry-specific knowledge and a wealth of experience.
Cloud Security and Compliance
Having enhanced security measures in place protects your cloud computing infrastructure from breaches and helps you maintain regulatory standards. Most enterprises need to ensure compliance with a range of data protection regulations such as GDPR and HIPAA as well as safeguard their cloud infrastructure from malicious attackers.
When you choose a cloud provider, familiarise yourself with their shared responsibility model early on. Usually, the provider is responsible for protecting the cloud infrastructure and you as the consumer are responsible for the protection of data, applications, and configurations. Your IaaS provider should provide guidance that clearly outlines your roles and responsibilities in a range of deployment scenarios.
Most importantly, don’t overlook employee security training and ensure you have a detailed cloud security policy in place that your staff adheres to. If you implement encryption and configure connections and settings properly, no data security issues should arise.
Edge Computing Integration
Combining your cloud computing infrastructure with edge computing can reduce latency, improve performance, and improve user experiences significantly.
When you combine edge and cloud computing, devices and data storage resources, as well as applications and their data, are positioned in the most optimal location between the user and the Cloud. With data being processed closer to the source, it doesn’t need to travel long distances, which improves speed, and reduces latency. The notable enhancements in efficiency and speed make this another one of the cloud computing trends that we believe is here to stay.
Industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and IoT benefit greatly from edge computing integration. For example, in healthcare, edge computing can enable real-time monitoring of patient vitals, while in manufacturing, it can support predictive maintenance by analysing data from sensors in real-time. These enhancements make edge computing an essential addition to your cloud computing infrastructure if speed is a priority for your business to operate optimally.
Automation and Orchestration
Automation and orchestration are essential to streamlining operations in your cloud computing infrastructure. They can significantly improve efficiency by reducing manual work and free up time and resources for your IT team.
To facilitate the successful management of hybrid and multicloud environments, businesses implement complex automation strategies. This takes some of the pressure off IT teams who are forced to juggle on-site and cloud-based systems and can be spread too thin between the wide range of tools they need for each one. By bringing hybrid and multicloud management under one set of processes and policies, automation increases the efficiency of both your employees and your operations while also improving consistency, scalability, and speed.
There is a wide range of tools and technologies that you can use to simplify cloud management tasks. With tools like Ansible and Puppet, you can automate configuration management, while Kubernetes and Docker Swarm enable the orchestration of containerised applications.
AI and Machine Learning in Cloud
Perhaps the most up and coming of all cloud computing trends, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are essential to a cutting-edge cloud computing infrastructure. Driven by the need to innovate and ruthless competition, more and more businesses are integrating AI and ML into their cloud infrastructures. It is no surprise that the global AI market projected to reach $1,811.8 billion by 2030 and we are yet to see all the implications this technology will have for enterprise cloud computing.
AI and ML are often used to automate tasks like inventory management, data entry and customer support. Not only that, but machine learning models can also analyse patterns to predict demand and scale resources automatically. This can help businesses process enormous datasets and improve performance without having to invest in additional hardware and infrastructure.
Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning into your cloud computing infrastructure is crucial if you are striving to lead in innovation. These technologies can revolutionise your operations, enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and provide an important competitive edge.
Conclusion
Enterprise cloud computing is no longer just an emerging trend. It is now a driver of digital transformation for businesses worldwide. By understanding and leveraging the latest cloud computing trends, you can achieve remarkable scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency.
Don’t forget to research and embrace relevant cloud computing trends as your cloud strategy evolves. In doing so, you will ensure your enterprise remains at the forefront of innovation, efficiency, and competitiveness. For more insights and expert guidance on navigating the complexities of cloud computing, read our in-depth article about overcoming the security risks of cloud computing.
The role a network partner like BSO can play
BSO provides ultra-low latency connectivity solutions to businesses operating in highly time-sensitive industries, particularly in the financial markets. With extensive experience and a proven track record, we offer a suite of cutting-edge services tailored to meet the demands of global financial trading. Some of our solutions include:
Low latency fibre network
BSO's network infrastructure includes a low-latency fibre network designed for fast and reliable data transmission between major financial hubs and high resiliency, ensuring minimal latency and high throughput for trading firms across the globe, this fibre network forms the backbone of BSO's connectivity solutions.
Microwave and radio frequency connectivity
We utilise cutting-edge microwave and radio frequency (RF) technology to provide ultra-low latency connectivity solutions. Through products like RF Ultra, BSO offers the lowest latency Layer 1 connectivity currently available, enabling customers to connect directly to the circuit interface for high-speed data transmission without the need for Ethernet framing or protocol restrictions.
Managed services and support
We provide comprehensive, round-the-clock technical support to ensure optimal connectivity performance (and reliability). With a focus on dependable network monitoring and maintenance, our managed services can be adapted to meet your unique requirements. This allows you to focus on your core business functions while we handle the intricacies of network management.
Explore how BSO’s comprehensive trading routes and data network map connect global financial hubs, ensuring swift trades and seamless access to markets worldwide.
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