Choosing Cloud Management Platforms

Cloud Management Platforms (CMP) provide central infrastructure and resource control via discovery of templates, provisioning using templates, monitoring and automation. They also offer solid governance and cost-optimization features that help you implement your multi-cloud strategy and enable you to identify areas to make improvements.

When selecting a CMP look at the following characteristics:

Find and fix problems quicker by conducting root cause analysis that identifies critical points of failure to reduce time to repair. Set up self-service portals that allow IT teams as well as end users to request the resources they need to access, reducing manual labor for IT and enhancing the experience for end users.

A cloud management system should be scalable, and allow for an easy integration with existing IT systems for ease of deployment and management. It should also support multiple cloud platforms and hybrid environments. The ability to manage resources seamlessly across multiple cloud and on-premises systems decreases costs and improves performance. It also increases productivity.

To allow click to read about Document Management greater flexibility in your cloud-based operations, search for a vendor that has multiple user interfaces. These include command-line, Web, and RESTful APIs. It must also be compatible with the bare-metal configurations as well as various hypervisors.

Choose a company that offers a trial version for free of their CMP to small teams, so they can try the product before committing to the paid version. A well-developed documentation and knowledge base are essential to help your team quickly learn how to use the software. It should include the best practices, troubleshooting guides and FAQs that will assist your team in implementing and manages the CMP.