Hybrid work- people working seamlessly from both the office and a remote location- has been happening for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift in ways few people anticipated. Ironically, while IT's efforts to support these environments boosted business agility worker productivity, it also further complicated already complex IT portfolios.

Here's the issue: This glut, comprising a hodge-podge of public cloud, private cloud and edge solutions from several vendors and homegrown on-premises tools, is proliferating as companies lean more heavily into their digital transformations. We call this phenomenon multicloud by default: portfolio sprawl that makes it difficult to be thoughtful and strategic with your multicloud approach.

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