{"id":13384,"date":"2026-03-02T10:51:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/distinguishing-real-and-fake-cloud-software\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:34:08","slug":"distinguishing-real-and-fake-cloud-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/distinguishing-real-and-fake-cloud-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguishing Real and Fake Cloud Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/christoph-gross\/embed\/episodes\/Echte-und-Fake-Cloud-Software-unterscheiden-e3fqi7s\" height=\"180px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:180px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The following sources address the critical distinction between <strong>true cloud architectures<\/strong> and misleading <strong>cloud washing<\/strong>, where outdated on-premise systems are merely hosted online.  <\/p>\n<p>Experts like Christoph Gro\u00df warn that such technological deceptions limit <strong>business agility<\/strong> and can jeopardize <strong>Return on Investment<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<p>Using technical criteria such as <strong>multi-tenant architecture<\/strong> and <strong>automated scalability<\/strong>, it is explained how decision-makers can differentiate future-proof software from rigid legacy solutions.  <\/p>\n<p>Only <strong>cloud-native software<\/strong> provides a true digital competitive advantage through immediate updates and efficient resource utilization.  <\/p>\n<p>The texts also offer practical <strong>checklists and trick questions<\/strong> to specifically vet providers during the selection process and avoid long-term misguided decisions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself these questions:<\/p>\n<p>What technically distinguishes real cloud software from conventional hosting solutions?<\/p>\n<p>What economic risks do companies face by using fake cloud?<\/p>\n<p>What targeted questions can expose cloud-washing offers in sales discussions?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The analysis is based on this blog post: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/fake-oder-real-cloud\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/fake-oder-real-cloud\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following sources address the critical distinction between true cloud architectures and misleading cloud washing, where outdated on-premise systems are merely hosted online. Experts like Christoph Gro\u00df warn that such&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13386,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13384\/revisions\/13386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}