Technology providers and customers have embraced a model for building applications using resources from private and public cloud platforms. The result has been a multicloud world that made sense from a business standpoint, yet has brought new headaches to IT shops as well.

“Going cloud-first was deliberate and strategic in most cases, and this caused companies to end up in a multicloud world where 85% use multiple clouds,” said Vittorio Viarengo (pictured, right), vice president, Cross-Cloud Services, at VMware Inc. “With that comes cloud chaos, where each cloud brings its own development tools, management tools, and security. That increases the complexity and cost. We believe it’s time to usher in a new era in cloud computing.”

Viarengo spoke with theCUBE industry analyst John Furrier (left) in advance of Supercloud 2, an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio Jan. 17-18. They discussed key factors in the drive to simplify cloud platform management. (* Disclosure below.)

Quest for simplicity

This new era of cloud computing envisioned by Viarengo has been described as a “supercloud” by SiliconANGLE analysts, and characterized in similar terms by others in the tech industry.

“You call it the supercloud, we call it cross-cloud services,” Viarengo said. “It allows our customers to have a single way to build, manage, and secure any application across any cloud, lowering the cost and simplifying the environment.”

For Viarengo, whose career in the technology industry previously included executive information technology positions with Oracle, BEA Systems and McAfee, the evolution into supercloud was a familiar story.

“I strongly believe that in IT especially, history repeats itself,” Viarengo said. “It was always when there’s a new level of abstraction to simplify things that we got the next level of innovation at a lower cost.”

This new level of abstraction will offer users the opportunity to simplify an IT infrastructure that has grown increasingly more complex over time. The need for this was reinforced in a recent conversation with the chief information officer of a major company in Europe, according to Viarengo.

“He was telling me they had built all of these applications, the business was coming to him for compliance reasons and he didn’t even know where they were,” Viarengo said. “Look at what the leading vendors are saying, connect the dots with the early adopters and customers that we’re going to have at Supercloud 2. Use those learnings to not fall into the same trap.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s upcoming coverage of Supercloud 2:

TheCUBE event livestream

Don’t miss theCUBE’s Supercloud 2 event on Jan. 17-18. Plus, you can watch theCUBE’s event coverage on-demand after the live event.

How to watch theCUBE interviews

We offer you various ways to watch theCUBE’s Supercloud 2 event, including theCUBE’s dedicated website and YouTube channel. You can also get all the coverage from this year’s events on SiliconANGLE.

TheCUBE Insights podcast

SiliconANGLE also has podcasts available of archived interview sessions, available on iTunes, Stitcher and Spotify, which you can enjoy while on the go.

SiliconANGLE also has analyst deep dives in our Breaking Analysis podcast, available on iTunes, Stitcher and Spotify.

Guests

Stay tuned for a complete list of expert guests who will appear on theCUBE during our Supercloud 2 event.

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for Supercloud 2. Neither VMware, the sponsor for theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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