Key features in Cloud Management include scalability, security, automation, cost management, multi-cloud support, real-time monitoring, compliance, and user-friendly dashboards.
Scalability
Security
Automation
Cost Management
Multi-Cloud Support
Real-Time Monitoring
Compliance
User-Friendly Dashboards
Scalability is essential as it allows businesses to adapt resources as needed. Security features protect data and meet compliance requirements. Automation reduces manual tasks, thereby improving efficiency. Cost management tools provide visibility into cloud spending, helping to optimize costs. Multi-cloud support is important for organizations using services from multiple providers.
Real-time monitoring enables proactive management by identifying and rectifying performance issues swiftly. Compliance features ensure alignment with industry regulations. User-friendly dashboards provide easy access and control over cloud environments, making it simpler for teams to manage systems effectively. These features collectively enhance operational efficiency and reduce risks associated with cloud services, helping businesses to maximize their cloud investment return.
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CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
Feb 28, 2017
I would advise anyone looking for a cloud management platform to first take a checkpoint on their cloud strategy. If you want the ability to manage a hybrid cloud environment from one pane of glass, you need to ensure that the vendor truly supports all cloud platforms (i.e. vmware, hyper-v, AWS, Azure, Google, OpenStack). There are lots of CMPs out there making lots of claims about platform support. Best to do a POC and make sure you understand the limitations.
Business Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Consultant
Aug 29, 2018
Hi All, The secret to a successful cloud strategy is adopting the appropriate cloud for the appropriate solutions, not too many lift and shifts. But the most important strategy is like everyone has already mentioned. It is very important to be able to see, manage, and report on spend. As mentioned before, chargeback models have helped many clients stay away from that "surprise bill" that have chased IT departments back to their data centers. there are some great products and they are getting better all the time. Multi cloud focused (again mentioned above) is no longer a dream. But what are the clouds today? AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Softlayer, AWS VMWare, and independent multitenant clouds like RackSpace. Managing means moving assets to one of these clouds. "Reporting" means seeing what you are spending, real time, and seeing which admin has spun up the resource that is spending and how much each is spending. Understanding cost across these clouds private and public. Oh and one other thing, please design and implement a cloud security and DRBC strategy within your clouds. One of the most common mistakes is thinking that the cloud comes with inherited security and DR. It does not! You still have to accommodate all of the security and DR and Monitoring check boxes you would have in your own data center plan. Don't forget, the cloud simply means "someone else's hardware" and auditors don't care what hardware you are using. They just want to see that you are managing it properly.
Independent Consultant - Product Marketing and Program Management at a tech services company
Real User
Aug 28, 2018
Many good tips are already posted. Begin with understanding what type of compute resources you will be managing and your stakeholders' business objectives for using a cloud management platform/service/tools. That way you can focus on what is most meaningful for your situation, such as flexibility, speed, cost, traffic volume, etc. A friendly reminder to not overlook ease-of-use features from an administrative perspective, such auditing and billing.
Neutral solution (no cloud vendor lock-in). - Optimization capabilities - Can support multiple stakeholders (DevOps/FinOps) - Multiple use cases and business needs are supported.
VP GTM Operations at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Aug 29, 2018
We sometimes get caught up with what people tell us is important and follow the herd, think about which solutions really provide the capabilities that help you deliver on the outcomes your organisations is looking for ... and that's always faster, easier and cheaper! Traditional CMP solutions are Server management solutions and Cloud Optimisation products are a rear vision mirror, look for solutions that provide "Infrastructure as Code" for the network, server, data, security and automatically cost optimise patterns that can be exposed to the DevOps toolchain, accelerating the outcome and complementing your unique Cloud ecosystem. If your looking for a CMP that provides this capability visit us at Kumolus.com
Senior director of engineering at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Aug 28, 2018
Cloud Management platform should have capability to provide closed loop between deployments, monitoring - lights-out operations where-in Consumers deploy the work load, scale-in/scale-out and monitoring platform provide ability to predict, root cause and re-mediate
Global Infrastructure Manager with 51-200 employees
User
Aug 28, 2018
Cloud infrastructure should be OpenStack as much as possible, not to tie you down to vendor platforms. You need to understand your Data and Control plane strategy as to how you want traffic to flow. Management in the Cloud from an Orchestration point of view is best and dynamic to give you good coverage geographically. a Typical example of such deployment would be SDWAN.
Sr. Infrastructure Engineer at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
Jun 23, 2017
We have been using and evaluating several cloud providers and vendor neutral solutions seem to be most advantageous to us in order to get the reporting and analytics we need.
Director of Marketing, Cloudify at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Vendor
Mar 22, 2017
I agree with Sam, I think true vendor neutrality is key in order to really have the freedom to choose and migrate between existing, new and future technologies - i.e. on prem, to a diversity of clouds, containers and whatever new technology is coming that we don't even know about. I think a tool that is capable of catering to both developers (through infrastructure as code or CLI) alongside operations through monitoring/management/utilization is critical so you don't find yourself accumulating too much technology, in silos that become chaotic without anyway of controlling the mess.
TSS Hosting Engineer - Windows & VMware at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
MSP
Nov 28, 2016
Hi Orlee, did not find the solution myself, i implemented and supported. At that time (about a year ago) the solution found was vCloud Director and it suited the needs pretty well (i worked for a software development company which needed the solution for - but not only - sales engineering, to split resources among multiple teams).
Cloud Management solutions are essential for businesses looking to effectively manage cloud resources, optimize performance, and reduce costs across diverse cloud environments.These solutions provide functionalities that enable organizations to oversee applications, data, and services on private or public cloud platforms. Users highlight that an efficient Cloud Management tool integrates seamlessly, providing visibility and control without excessive complexity. Many solutions focus on...
Key features in Cloud Management include scalability, security, automation, cost management, multi-cloud support, real-time monitoring, compliance, and user-friendly dashboards.
Scalability is essential as it allows businesses to adapt resources as needed. Security features protect data and meet compliance requirements. Automation reduces manual tasks, thereby improving efficiency. Cost management tools provide visibility into cloud spending, helping to optimize costs. Multi-cloud support is important for organizations using services from multiple providers.
Real-time monitoring enables proactive management by identifying and rectifying performance issues swiftly. Compliance features ensure alignment with industry regulations. User-friendly dashboards provide easy access and control over cloud environments, making it simpler for teams to manage systems effectively. These features collectively enhance operational efficiency and reduce risks associated with cloud services, helping businesses to maximize their cloud investment return.
I would advise anyone looking for a cloud management platform to first take a checkpoint on their cloud strategy. If you want the ability to manage a hybrid cloud environment from one pane of glass, you need to ensure that the vendor truly supports all cloud platforms (i.e. vmware, hyper-v, AWS, Azure, Google, OpenStack). There are lots of CMPs out there making lots of claims about platform support. Best to do a POC and make sure you understand the limitations.
Hi All, The secret to a successful cloud strategy is adopting the appropriate cloud for the appropriate solutions, not too many lift and shifts. But the most important strategy is like everyone has already mentioned. It is very important to be able to see, manage, and report on spend. As mentioned before, chargeback models have helped many clients stay away from that "surprise bill" that have chased IT departments back to their data centers. there are some great products and they are getting better all the time. Multi cloud focused (again mentioned above) is no longer a dream. But what are the clouds today? AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Softlayer, AWS VMWare, and independent multitenant clouds like RackSpace. Managing means moving assets to one of these clouds. "Reporting" means seeing what you are spending, real time, and seeing which admin has spun up the resource that is spending and how much each is spending. Understanding cost across these clouds private and public. Oh and one other thing, please design and implement a cloud security and DRBC strategy within your clouds. One of the most common mistakes is thinking that the cloud comes with inherited security and DR. It does not! You still have to accommodate all of the security and DR and Monitoring check boxes you would have in your own data center plan. Don't forget, the cloud simply means "someone else's hardware" and auditors don't care what hardware you are using. They just want to see that you are managing it properly.
Many good tips are already posted. Begin with understanding what type of compute resources you will be managing and your stakeholders' business objectives for using a cloud management platform/service/tools. That way you can focus on what is most meaningful for your situation, such as flexibility, speed, cost, traffic volume, etc. A friendly reminder to not overlook ease-of-use features from an administrative perspective, such auditing and billing.
Ability to provision across multiple clouds and show chargeback
How you integrate with Third Party Applications.
Meeting most of the requirements for your business needs (either functionality, expend-ability, inter-operable, reliable, etc.).
Neutral solution (no cloud vendor lock-in).
- Optimization capabilities
- Can support multiple stakeholders (DevOps/FinOps)
- Multiple use cases and business needs are supported.
Determining how you will maintain a hybrid/multi-cloud environment across different vendors and ecosystems.
We sometimes get caught up with what people tell us is important and follow the herd, think about which solutions really provide the capabilities that help you deliver on the outcomes your organisations is looking for ... and that's always faster, easier and cheaper! Traditional CMP solutions are Server management solutions and Cloud Optimisation products are a rear vision mirror, look for solutions that provide "Infrastructure as Code" for the network, server, data, security and automatically cost optimise patterns that can be exposed to the DevOps toolchain, accelerating the outcome and complementing your unique Cloud ecosystem. If your looking for a CMP that provides this capability visit us at Kumolus.com
I believe the SLA, Costing/Pricing Model and Data Migration is the most critical aspects in order to Cloud Management.
Cloud Management platform should have capability to provide closed loop between deployments, monitoring - lights-out operations where-in Consumers deploy the work load, scale-in/scale-out and monitoring platform provide ability to predict, root cause and re-mediate
Cloud infrastructure should be OpenStack as much as possible, not to tie you down to vendor platforms. You need to understand your Data and Control plane strategy as to how you want traffic to flow. Management in the Cloud from an Orchestration point of view is best and dynamic to give you good coverage geographically. a Typical example of such deployment would be SDWAN.
We have been using and evaluating several cloud providers and vendor neutral solutions seem to be most advantageous to us in order to get the reporting and analytics we need.
I agree with Sam, I think true vendor neutrality is key in order to really have the freedom to choose and migrate between existing, new and future technologies - i.e. on prem, to a diversity of clouds, containers and whatever new technology is coming that we don't even know about. I think a tool that is capable of catering to both developers (through infrastructure as code or CLI) alongside operations through monitoring/management/utilization is critical so you don't find yourself accumulating too much technology, in silos that become chaotic without anyway of controlling the mess.
Hi Orlee, did not find the solution myself, i implemented and supported. At that time (about a year ago) the solution found was vCloud Director and it suited the needs pretty well (i worked for a software development company which needed the solution for - but not only - sales engineering, to split resources among multiple teams).
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