Multi-cloud Management

Inadequate multi-cloud management can cause serious problems, including impaired security and compliance, degraded performance and availability, and budget dollars wasted on under-utilized cloud services.

A multi-cloud is composed of cloud services from more than one provider, whereas a hybrid cloud refers to an environment that includes both public and private clouds. An increasingly common deployment model is the hybrid multi-cloud, containing multiple public clouds along with a private cloud. For more on this general subject, see our page on the benefits of multi-cloud. And to learn why the world is trending to multi-cloud, read our free pdf eBook.

Multi-cloud management platforms come in a variety of forms from numerous vendors. Look for a combination of key features: provisioning, monitoring, governance, service orchestration, security policy integration, and a centralized control panel.