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7 Tips For A More Effective Multicloud Strategy

CIO, Thursday, July 31st, 2025

As organizations increasingly find themselves operating in multiple clouds, IT leaders must get more intentional about how they address the resulting complexity, security issues, and cost concerns.

It's the age of multicloud IT infrastructure. Organizations are increasingly using services from a variety of cloud providers, and in doing so, they are seeking to develop more intentional, cohesive multicloud strategies to avoid potential chaos and out-of-control costs.

Research firm Gartner forecasts worldwide public cloud spending will total $723 billion this year, up 21% from 2024. Driving that increase are the use of AI in IT and business operations, expanding cloud use cases, and a rise in distributed, hybrid, cloud-native, and multicloud environments.

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