Enterprises Plan To Boost Reliance On Distributed Cloud
CIODIVE, Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024
Data-hungry LLMs are pushing workloads to the edge as IT leaders seek to bring data and infrastructure closer together.
Two-thirds of IT decision-makers expect distributed cloud deployments to increase in 2024, according to a ClearPath Strategies survey of 425 IT leaders commissioned by cloud provider Akamai.
Running analytics and AI workloads closer to data stores is driving adoption of edge solutions, according to the survey. Security and reliability were additional motivations, the report said.
'Cloud's next phase requires a shift in how developers and enterprises think about getting applications and data closer to their customers,' Dave McCarthy, VP of research at IDC, said in a blog post accompanying the report. 'Workloads are no longer built for one place but are delivered across a wide spectrum of compute and geography.'