--- title: Get Ready For Multi-Cloud! description: The future of cloud infrastructure will have organisations using combinations of OpenStack, Containers, public cloud, and VMware to deliver applications. In this session Mark Baker will highlight the best Multi-Cloud practises learned in the field for architecting, deploying and managing scale out infrastructure from baremetal through to […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/get-ready-for-multi-cloud?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 2 December 2017 # Get Ready For Multi-Cloud! [bare metal](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/bare-metal) [Hybrid](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/hybrid) [Hybrid & Multi cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/hybrid-multi-cloud) [OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack) [VMware](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/vmware) --- Share the article The future of cloud infrastructure will have organisations using combinations of OpenStack, Containers, public cloud, and VMware to deliver applications. In this session Mark Baker will highlight the best Multi-Cloud practises learned in the field for architecting, deploying and managing scale out infrastructure from baremetal through to managing application portability between substrates. *This webinar was part of our [Ubuntu Enterprise Summit](https://ubuntu.brighttalk.com/summit/ubuntu-enterprise-summit/), December 2017.* [View Now](https://ubuntu.brighttalk.com/webinar/get-ready-for-multi-cloud/) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Managing Ubuntu on bare metal at scale](https://canonical.com/blog/managing-ubuntu-on-bare-metal-at-scale) Modern infrastructure teams are expected to deliver cloud-like speed, consistency, and reliability, even when their workloads run on physical servers. Bare metal remains... [David Beamonte](https://canonical.com/blog/author/dbeamonte) 9 July 2026 [### VMware hypervisor deployment using MAAS](https://canonical.com/blog/vmware-hypervisor-deployment-using-maas) Most modern datacenters are inherently heterogeneous. VMware environments coexist with container platforms, databases, and other bare-metal workloads, often on the same... [David Beamonte](https://canonical.com/blog/author/dbeamonte) 28 May 2026 [### How to set up a micro lab: four principles for a reliable homelab](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-reliable-homelab) After over a decade of running a homelab, I have learned a few difficult lessons. Although it begins as a “lab,” you inevitably end up with something you want to keep. If a... [Jake Nabasny](https://canonical.com/blog/author/slapcat) 17 March 2026 [### The bare metal problem in AI Factories](https://canonical.com/blog/the-bare-metal-problem-in-ai-factories) As AI platforms grow into large-scale “AI Factories,” the real bottleneck shifts from model design to operational complexity. With expensive GPU accelerators, hardware failures... [David Beamonte](https://canonical.com/blog/author/dbeamonte) 11 March 2026