What's new, what's trendy, and what's next for cloud in 2023

What’s ahead for cloud in 2023? Taking control of complexity, observability, and data

The coming year looks bright for cloud, but only if companies can take better control of their cloud ecosystems. In this podcast, David Linthicum talks with Deloitte’s chief futurist, Mike Bechtel, about trends on the horizon that can help organizations brighten their cloud future. Mike’s perspective is that taming cloud complexity via abstraction, leveraging observability, and taking control of data can result in better cloud operational efficiency and better returns on cloud investments.

[It's] just so important that we kind of understand where the trends are moving so we can align our strategy to the business...to make the most of it.

Mike Bechtel is a managing director and the chief futurist with Deloitte Consulting LLP. Mike helps clients develop strategies to thrive in the face of discontinuity and disruption. His team researches the novel and exponential technologies most likely to impact the future of business and builds relationships with the startups, incumbents, and academic institutions creating them.

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Cloud 2022: A distributed, edgy, and better-governed future 

Despite the strong imperative to digitally transform, many companies still struggle with it. One strategy is to adopt a cloud-native mindset that leverages AIOps and shifts DevOps left.