142 INTERVIEW François Guilleautot of Ateme discusses how organisations can get the most out of cloud adoption without breaking the bank and improve the experiences of their customers in the process BY AMBER HICKMAN Cloud adoption is progressing at an accelerating pace, according to François Guilleautot, director of cloud solutions at Ateme, who primarily attributes this increase to the pandemic. “Many organisations were forced to move to the cloud due to supply chain disruptions and hardware shortages,” he explains. “A lot of them were unprepared and faced problems due to opting for the easiest and fastest options without considering how their systems might need to operate differently in the cloud.” Many chose the lift-and-shift approach, says Guilleautot. “This essentially means putting an entire application into one container, and putting that container directly onto the cloud,” he says. “It is a quick solution that allows organisations to get to the end point faster; however, it comes with a lot of limitations. “For example, the application will not be optimised to run in the cloud and may cause more problems than it solves, meaning organisations end up with low-performance, low-density solutions that come with a large bill at the end of the month.” Guilleautot suggests that building a new architecture based on a Making the most of the cloud with microservices
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