Cloud computing is shaking up the datacenter as organizations look to gain the operational and cost efficiencies that the cloud promises.  But in all the hype about "how to build" a cloud, one area that gets less attention is "how do you manage" a cloud.  Is it even possible?

Legacy IT management tools that were architected in the last century are not equipped to keep up with the dynamic nature of cloud infrastructures.  In a highly virtualized world with rapidly changing dynamic workloads and resource allocations, a continuous understanding of how a service or an application maps to and performs within the current state of the infrastructure configuration is imperative.

Zenoss is working with companies today who are building "Big Operations" in order to respond to this challenge.  These companies are not only figuring out how to build environments that can respond to the IT-as-a-Service challenge, they are planning ahead to address the challenge of efficiently and effectively operating a dynamic datacenter. 

This eBook is designed to help you in your search for a way to manage the cloud. Based on experience working with some of the most innovative companies in the world, Zenoss offers a comprehensive list of questions to guide your selection process for a cloud management solution, centered around:

• Availability and Performance Monitoring
• Event Management and Alerting
• Infrastructure Visibility
• Dynamic Resource Management
• Datacenter Insight

So, whether you are thinking about building a cloud or are implementing one today, these questions will help you make the best decision possible when selecting an operations monitoring solution to meet the needs of your business.

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