Beyond Interoperability :
Versatility as the future of
Cloud services
By Quentin ADAM @waxzce CEO @ Clever Cloud
Eclipse Cloud Kick-off
True multi-cloud services, data and apps | March 3, 2025 | Barcelona
What is the
cloud?
Bundling
software +
infrastructure
+ service
4 pillars for cloud
IAM
Money management: pay per use and
affectability
Software catalog wide and divers
also called marketplace
Unify experience,
UI, UX, APIs…
Once migrated to the clo
no way back
Coverage of the cloud
is growing
• OS
• Runtimes
• Big data
• Security
• …
Cloud hyperscalers scam open source, and
impose a market dominance on close software
Unbundling
Versatility • On Cloud
• On remote Cloud
• On premise
• On Edge
• Airgap
That is the
Clever Cloud vision
Do not copycat, be a better version
• More scalability (rack awareness)
• More flexibility (embrace organization, not shaping them)
• Respect organization business model
• Infrastructure flexibility
Citizen control over the IT
Versatility as a
target model
Get rid of
business
model
technology
distraction
Embracing the Edge
AI is the
opportunit
y of new
consumpti
Versatility as a
business enabler for all
From licensing to the service, use
versatility as the reversibility argument
Next cloud is decentralized,
because it a versatile multiple one

Beyond Interoperability : Versatility as the future of Cloud services