Do you know that this year’s investment amount in cloud adaptation has surpassed $1 trillion worldwide? This is because more companies are migrating their on-prem or hybrid infrastructure to the cloud. Naturally, the demand for cloud services that are pocket-friendly, yet high-performing is extremely high.
“Gartner reports that 75% of global organizations will choose cloud services for infrastructure, platform, and software demands. So, the cloud market will keep rising at a steep CAGR rate of 16% by 2032.”
Here is a fun fact: Cloud adaptation and digital transformation are interconnected notions that help organizations drive the ultimate agile success. With the emergence of cloud services, global industries have come up with diverse use cases that require more innovative and agile cloud solutions! So, let’s discuss the most significant cloud-oriented tech trends that you might see in 2024.
1. Multi-Cloud Infrastructure
This year, many organizations have adopted a multi-cloud strategy to use cloud services from different cloud providers in the same infrastructure setting. The adaptation of multi-cloud environments will rise from 76 to 85 percent during 2024.
Multi-cloud solutions are open-source and support all public cloud providers with capabilities like:
- Managing workloads across multiple cloud environments
- Ability to use the best cloud functions among all cloud vendors
- Reduced vulnerability risks and unplanned system outages
- Flexibility to scale the infrastructure components based on workloads
However, managing multi-cloud infrastructure is a challenge for many organizations. So, it will be interesting to see what innovations 2024 brings for supporting multi-cloud environments!
2. Serverless Computing
Serverless Computing architecture is also famous as a Function As A Service in the Cloud. This cloud technology eliminates the need to manage dedicated server infrastructure for hosting applications or other services. The serverless enterprise architecture offers you the following advantages:
- Easy operational management
- High-performing application experience
- No need for system admins
While serverless computing removes the dependency on data centers and servers, you pay only for the infrastructure consumption of your running applications. So, you save a lot as you focus more on enhancing operational productivity.
3. Containers & Microservices In Cloud
This year, we saw how the modular approach of containers and microservices has helped organizations to make software developments faster. So, it’s evident that container orchestration with Kubernetes will stay in trend. Listing here the expected popular cloud trends related to containerization and microservices:
- Containers carrying the software with required configuration files
- Use of Microservices instead of monolithic apps
- Kubernetes is the best container management system
- Creation of smaller software modules for deployments
Utilizing these trends in 2024 will help you speed up the software development and release cycles. As you focus on continuously delivering updated software, you will achieve high time-to-market with increased profits.
4. Backup & Disaster Recovery Solutions
In 2024, the focus on automation within backup and disaster recovery solutions accelerates in cloud computing. So, you can achieve rapid recovery times and minimize downtime during data loss or system failures using the following cloud services:
- Centralized and policy-driven backup services from AWS or Azure
- AWS Disaster Recovery with CloudEndure to automate server replication
- Azure Site Recovery to auto-backup virtual machines during downtimes
So, gear up your Disaster Recovery plans for 2024 with these efficient cloud services. As you focus on Disaster Recovery as a service, you will successfully mitigate the fallouts of sudden outages or server downtimes.
5. Intelligent SaaS With Robotic Process Automation
Software-as-a-service in the Cloud heavily depends on artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. So, Intelligent SaaS in 2024 will certainly have the following functionalities:
- Data analysis to measure software usage under different conditions
- AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistance to help software users
- Software sustainability to reduce carbon footprints
- Predictive troubleshooting for system downtime mitigation
- Robotic process automation to streamline workflows and boost efficiency
You should also use RPA techniques to build and deploy software robots that can make human-like actions. Indeed, software robots will take charge of default identification, data extraction, and process management activities.
6. AI As-A-Service
Cloud infrastructure is making AI available to organizations in need. Many companies already use their version of Generative AI and LLM models trained on their organizational data. You can also use AI as a service in the form of the following cloud services:
- IBM Watson with a suite of pre-built tools to infuse AI into your business processes
- AWS ML Services to pre-build and train machine learning models
- Azure AI Studio to accelerate AI innovation with model operations simplification
If you need clarification about accessing AI-as-a-service, get help from cloud platform experts to leverage this transformative technology in 2024.
7. Cloud Privacy & Security
Cloud privacy is important for an organization’s data security and customer safety. With the growing numbers of DDoS or cyberattacks, cloud providers are focusing more on offering more stable regulatory and legislative solutions. Listing here the cloud services that you must use to maintain high cloud security:
- Data Encryption with SAML/OAuth authentication protocols
- Intelligent threat detection with Amazon GuardDuty
- DevSecOps for software development and releases
- Single sign-on and two-factor authentication enablement
This means cloud security is high on the agenda of cloud migration. So, take extra precautions to avoid data thefts and security breaches across your multi-cloud environments.
8. Edge Computing Everywhere
Edge computing is a latent cloud invention that performs large-scale data processing near the data source. As it functions in real-time, you can use servers across different geolocations to collect and process your data sets almost immediately. Thus, the process doesn’t time-bound your cloud resources for the long run.
We will see edge computing come to the forefront as more organizations use this to collect and process generated data from IoT devices. You can also use this technology investigation to manage all your IoT devices and the generated customer data in 2024.
9. Hyper-Scale Data Centers
The more your business operations scale, the more cloud resources you require. Likewise, your workload might face a sudden decrease in consumption. That’s why it’s best to look for cloud services that come with auto-scaling functionalities like:
- Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets to enable high availability for consistent performance
- Google Cloud Autoscaler to auto-response to dynamic load changes
- Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to adjust cloud resources based on the required compute capacity
So, hyper-scale data centers are the future of cloud computing, ensuring you get unprecedented storage and processing capabilities next year!
10. Open Source Adaptation In Cloud Services
Open Source adaptation represents a collaborative approach among cloud service providers and the broader community of third-party tools and systems. In 2024, the cloud computing landscape will offer more flexibility to you with the flexibility to integrate various third-party solutions, such as:
- Use open-source database engines through Amazon RDS
- Use Kubernetes as the open-source container orchestration system
- Integrate different DevOps tools with CI/CD pipelines
- Use open-source Git repositories to collaborate with developers
Also, make your cloud platform open-source so that everyone gets the flexibility to collaborate with various services and solutions.
Final Thoughts: All Set For Cloud Adaptation In 2024?
The entire IT Landscape is on the verge of accepting technologies like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data through Cloud Computing. Use these emerging cloud technology trends as you move your organization toward cloud excellence.
Book a consultation call with DevOps and Cloud Transformation experts. Explain your cloud service requirements and align them with the best solutions. Focus more on cloud sustainability than overspending. Consider top-notch security policies to prohibit data leaks or security breaches. Indeed, you will achieve the success you seek in 2024!
FAQs
1 . Who are the most popular cloud providers of 2023?
The most popular cloud solution providers of 2023 are:
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud Platform
- Oracle Cloud
- Salesforce CRM Cloud
- Microsoft’s Azure
There are other cloud providers available, like IBM Cloud and more. So, always do deep market research before you choose your cloud service provider.
2. Is the Pay-As-You-Go cloud pricing model a good choice?
Indeed, you should choose this pricing model for your cloud environment. Thus, you will incur only the expenses of your cloud resources. You can also choose the specific cloud service you need and pay accordingly.
3. Why is sustainability important for Cloud Computing in 2024?
Sustainability in cloud computing addresses environmental concerns like reducing carbon footprints and taking global eco-friendly initiatives. Big cloud providers like AWS are already making net-zero commitments to create energy-efficient data centers with high resource optimization.
4. Is cloud infrastructure sufficient to support my AI/ML models?
Indeed, cloud infrastructure solutions are perfect for supporting AI/ML models. Most machine learning models consume high computing and storage resources and require large databases. As cloud infrastructures are highly scalable, these can accommodate the changing demands of AI/ML models.
5. Can I use a hybrid cloud to sustain my legacy infrastructure?
You can use a hybrid cloud to support the existing on-premise infrastructure. However. It’s best to migrate your legacy application to the cloud and remove all dependencies. The faster you can move to the cloud, the easier it will become to eliminate the additional expenses of maintaining on-premise infrastructure.
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