{"id":13399,"date":"2026-03-02T10:53:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/real-or-fake-cloud-how-to-find-the-real-thing\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:34:24","slug":"real-or-fake-cloud-how-to-find-the-real-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/real-or-fake-cloud-how-to-find-the-real-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Real or fake cloud, how to find the real thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/christoph-gross\/embed\/episodes\/Real-or-fake-cloud--how-to-find-the-real-thing-e3fqigi\" height=\"180px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:180px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The available sources address the critical distinction between <strong>genuine cloud architectures<\/strong> and misleading <strong>cloud washing<\/strong>, where outdated on-premise systems are merely hosted online.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Experts such as Christoph Gro\u00df warn that such technological smokescreens can limit <strong>organizational agility<\/strong> and jeopardize <strong>return on investment (ROI)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Using technical criteria such as <strong>multi-tenant architecture<\/strong> and <strong>automated scalability<\/strong>, the analysis explains how decision-makers can differentiate future-proof software from rigid legacy solutions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Only <strong>cloud-native software<\/strong> enables true digital competitive advantage through instant updates and efficient resource utilization.<\/p>\n<p>The texts also provide practical <strong>checklists and qualifying questions<\/strong> to rigorously assess vendors during the selection process and avoid costly long-term missteps.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>What technically distinguishes true cloud software from traditional hosting solutions?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>What economic risks arise from adopting fake cloud offerings?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Which targeted questions help expose cloud-washing tactics in sales discussions?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The analysis is based on the following blog post:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/fake-oder-real-cloud\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blog.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/fake-oder-real-cloud\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The available sources address the critical distinction between genuine cloud architectures and misleading cloud washing, where outdated on-premise systems are merely hosted online. Experts such as Christoph Gro\u00df warn that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13399","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\/13399","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=13399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13401,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13399\/revisions\/13401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}