F5® Distributed Cloud multi-cloud networking, (MCN), is an IT strategy businesses employ to diversify their cloud usage.
Multi-cloud networking uses multiple public clouds to deliver optimized connectivity and network services to and between applications and workloads. Multi-cloud networking is a broad term that encompasses the connectivity for all on-prem, cloud, and edge services.
In a modern multi-cloud network architecture, the network is resident entirely within the cloud. This includes network services such as routing, security, and network management. This is unlike earlier cloud network approaches where data center infrastructure remains on-prem and only security and network management are in the public cloud.