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Vishal Thakkar
Vishal Thakkar

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Devops in 2026

DevOps in a Multi-Cloud World: What Really Matters When Evaluating Solutions

As organizations mature in their DevOps journey, multi-cloud is no longer a buzzword, it’s a strategic decision. But adopting multiple cloud providers without proper evaluation can quickly add complexity instead of value.

When evaluating multi-cloud solutions from a DevOps perspective, a few things matter most:

🔹 Consistency & Standardization
Tooling, CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and observability should work the same way across clouds. Standardization reduces cognitive load and operational risk.

🔹 Automation First
Provisioning, deployments, scaling, and recovery must be fully automated. Manual steps don’t scale in multi-cloud environments.

🔹 Security by Design
Centralized identity, policy-as-code, secrets management, and continuous security scanning are non-negotiable. Security should be embedded, not bolted on.

🔹 Resilience & Portability
Design for failure. Evaluate how easily workloads can move or fail over across regions and providers without major re-architecture.

🔹 Cost Visibility & Optimization
Multi-cloud doesn’t mean double the cost. FinOps practices, cost allocation, and usage visibility are critical to keep spend under control.

🔹 Operational Observability
Logs, metrics, and traces must provide a unified view. Without strong observability, troubleshooting across clouds becomes a nightmare.

Multi-cloud success is less about how many providers you use and more about how well your DevOps practices support scale, security, and reliability.

👉 Build once. Automate everything. Measure continuously.

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