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The 5 Key Areas of Efficient Cloud Management

May 21, 2019 By eStormAdmin

 

With more and more enterprises seeing the benefits in, and establishing, long-term cloud computing strategies, the consumption of cloud services has begun trending towards the omnivorous.

According to the International Data Corporation, over 85% of enterprises are starting to adopt multi-cloud architectures that include a mix and match of public cloud services, community clouds, hosted clouds and private clouds.

Likewise, IDC research shows that 50% of enterprises are likely to subscribe to over 5 different public cloud services while adding, expanding and dropping subscriptions based on specific organisational needs. These figures highlight the fact that getting cloud management right from the start is ever more important.

A mistake that more and more organisations seem to be making is how they think of and treat services like the public cloud. Treating public cloud services like a Netflix subscription, where you use the service and pay the bill at the end of each month isn’t quite right. In fact, many businesses are finding that on-premise services were costing them less than what they’re spending now. Of course, public cloud providers won’t tell you there are significantly more efficient ways to use their services. Your public cloud services need to be managed in a similar fashion to how you would manage on-premise infrastructure. Learning to manage these cloud systems, in regard to cost, planning, capacity and security is paramount.

In order to take charge of this complex environment, enterprises should focus on the following 5 key areas.

Cost and optimisation

Managing cloud costs can be significantly challenging for many enterprises and CIOs, especially if they’re new to cloud adoption.

In most cases, enterprises and CIOs are accustomed to buying and setting up equipment as and when it’s needed—but it’s not that simple with cloud services.

For example, developers running application tests might forget to turn off their VMs before leaving work on Friday afternoon and accidentally leave them running all weekend. As a result, an enterprise ends up burning through their entire month’s allocation for particular cloud services.

That’s why it’s vitally important that enterprises consistently track their cloud service consumption while aligning with their budgets. The importance of cloud service budgeting lead Microsoft to the acquisition of an organisation that helps enterprises track consumption while forecasting future spending.

Resource planning

Clearly identifying how much of a service is needed and when it is needed is significantly important in achieving operational efficiency.

Security

Key security functionalities to consider for your cloud computing environment include, but are not limited to:

  • Risk management
  • Appropriate segmentation of duties
  • Single sign-on
  • Key management

It’s also important to conduct a review of your current security systems and consult with a specialist for the implementation of appropriate, up-to-date and robust security systems tailored to your specific needs.

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Governance

It’s important to create policies that establish which staff or departments require access to what applications and services, how and when they can gain access to them and for how long.

Orchestration and provisioning

Automation, orchestration and provisioning are vital for managing complex cloud environments.  Blueprinting the connections and inter-dependencies involved in cloud and on-premise systems is vital.

Filed Under: Cloud Computing, News Tagged With: cloud management, hybrid cloud management

Cloud Managed Services: What are the benefits of moving your IT infrastructure to a managed cloud

March 22, 2018 By eStormAdmin

More and more organisations are moving to the cloud!

The Commonwealth Bank just announced that they are moving their human resources and payroll to the cloud.

The company announced two years ago that it would replace its existing on-premises Oracle PeopleSoft platform with a cloud-based human resources solution.

Last week it sent its Australian operations live on the cloud-based platform, which also integrates with its local solutions.

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s general manager of group people services, Andrew Culleton, said the new cloud-based system will be easier to use and more adaptable to the ever-changing needs of managers and employees.

“We are transforming how our core systems work; improving and then leveraging the data integration between our other HR solutions, to make HR services simple, easy and flexible for our people,” he said in a statement to iTnews.

“This means our people get the outcome they need faster so they have more time to meet the needs of our customers.”

This is the great thing about integrating managed cloud services into your organisations current solutions. Seamless migration of traditional enterprise applications to the cloud not only reduces operational costs, but increases efficiency through the real-time monitoring of your environment, and frees you up to focus on what your organisation does best.

What are the benefits of using cloud managed service providers?

  • Cost Savings

Outsourcing your cloud managed services allows you to significantly reduce your TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), as well as your ongoing costs i.e. hardware, rent, power, maintenance and staff. Staffing a full-time IT department alone is costly and often unnecessary for most businesses. Outsourcing to a managed IT service provider like eStorm can save you thousands of dollars each and every year.

  • Future Proof & Growth Proof

One of the greatest advantages of managed cloud services is the flexibility they provide. Cloud infrastructure is designed to scale with your business, as well as only requiring you to pay for what you really need.

Cloud based infrastructure and services also allows for increased efficiency as it allows you to work from anywhere at anytime.

Additionally, by employing managed cloud services, you no longer need to outlay time and costs for your IT staff to undergo training for new technology or upgrades. Our IT professionals are always at the forefront of the industry and prepared to implement the latest technology.

  • Customisation

Our resilient cloud solution that delivers 99.99% up-time allows you to customise machine specifications to your needs.

We also tailor fully managed server and applications for ‘always up-to-date’ technology.

  • Increased Security

Our private cloud solution provides you with dedicated virtual machines for your own private use. A virtual private network (VPN) and dedicated firewall are included to provide a secure network between your office(s) and your cloud hosted servers.

 

At eStorm, we consider your current IT costs, cloud benefits for efficiency and explore your current industry trends, which allows us to expose potential competitive advantages. Learn more about eStorm’s managed cloud services and solutions.

If you’d like any further information, assistance with your IT needs or you simply don’t know where to start – please feel free to call us on (07) 3120 0640 or email us at [email protected]

 

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cloud management

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