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Is 2024 the Year of Cloud Repatriation?

By Eyal Arazi, cloud security manager at Radware

Eyal Arazi, cloud security manager at Radware, looks at why organizations once committed to cloud-first
and cloud-only strategies are now reevaluating their approach. Learn how two hundred organizations are
thinking about a shift back to on-premise and the motivations behind this reversal.

"Cloud migration is over; everyone is in the cloud. And this trend is irreversible. “

But is it really?

In recent years, the business landscape has witnessed a remarkable transformation with the rapid
adoption of cloud computing. Companies have moved en masse to the cloud, changing the way they
manage and deploy their workloads to take advantage of the promises of unparalleled flexibility,
scalability, and cost-efficiency. And while organizations have reaped the benefits, they are also starting
to reevaluate their cloud-first and cloud-only strategies and migrate some workloads back on-premise.
This u-turn in thinking and events is a process called cloud repatriation.

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