Federated cloud centers on multi-cloud integration, letting distributed services easily share resources and data. It aims to reduce infrastructure fragmentation, prevent vendor lock-in, and make complex deployments easier to manage. This helps businesses use multiple clouds without excess disruption or expense. 

The idea of federated cloud has existed for decades, starting in the 1960s with ARPANET and growing during the 2000s cloud boom. The addition of new clouds since has led teams to rethink their deployments. Today, 80% of organizations use multiple public clouds or private clouds that would benefit from increased flexibility.

What are some common federated cloud use cases? 

Federation helps teams split traffic between clouds and build failover strategies to handle traffic spikes. This boosts performance and reliability. Cloud federation also enables businesses to closely manage their sensitive data and meet regulatory compliance. 

Federation can also support high-performance computing (HPC) scenarios with heavy resource demands and strict latency goals. By spreading complex tasks across clouds, teams can efficiently use computing resources without adding bottlenecks. 

Federated setups also require interoperability to make cloud communication more seamless. Teams use public APIs and common internet protocols to connect backend systems for better compatibility. Such integration requires strong security measures from vendors and customers to keep data safe from hackers. Zero-trust access controls with granular customizability provide deeper protection.

What are the benefits of federated cloud?

Federated cloud offers the following advantages: 

  • It boosts flexibility and gives organizations greater control over their tech stacks, while lowering costs. 

  • It allows teams to build a unified multi-cloud strategy while reducing reliance on shadow IT. 

  • It enables smarter resource management and rapid recovery when sudden issues arise. The resource pool is larger and more accessible. 

  • Teams have tighter control over identity and access management and global security policies. 

  • It can boost performance by automatically assigning workloads to the environments best suited to them.

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Does HAProxy support federated cloud deployments?

Yes! HAProxy One — the world's fastest application delivery and security platform — lets you manage, secure, and observe all your application traffic in any environment. Organizations can seamlessly run their applications, APIs, and AI services in any cloud. This is bolstered by our universal mesh solution. Unify your multi-cloud, on-prem, and legacy applications with a single architectural pattern that converges ingress, egress, and service mesh into one (all while eliminating the typical "mesh tax"). 

To learn more about federated cloud support in HAProxy One, check out our universal mesh solution.