144 In light of the advances of the industrial cloud (aka supercloud or metacloud), the majority of businesses now understand that the hybrid cloud is no longer merely a connection between on-prem and one cloud provider. Multi-cloud has instead become a permanent fixture. But there are questions that need to be answered: In what ways will this affect information architecture? Or operational excellence? What does it signify in terms of egress charges? Wally MacDermid, Scality’s vice president of strategic alliances and business development, joins other industry experts and host Eric Kavanagh on the DM Radio podcast to talk about all things multi-cloud, including: What it truly means to be multi-cloud Why on-prem is still a necessity in certain circumstances Considerations when architecting a solution to keep costs reasonable and data accessible Advice for strategic IT planning The issue of data gravity Get informed and entertained about multi-cloud — register to listen to the podcast here. Listen Now About DM Radio DM Radio is a weekly, one-hour live radio show broadcast Thursday afternoons. It’s owned and produced by The Bloor Group. Each show includes host Eric Kavanagh and several industry experts brought together to discuss hot topics in data management. It’s currently syndicated across the country and is also available as a podcast, which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
