The Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC) is announcing the availability of a new whitepaper titled Practical Guide to Cloud Management Platforms. Cloud Management Platforms (CMPs) are integrated products that provide for the management of public, private and hybrid cloud environments. The paper is available for download at: http://www.cloud-council.org/deliverables/practical-guide-to-cloud-management-platforms.htm
This new CMP guide helps enterprise Information Technology (IT) managers, business decision makers, system operations staffs, application architects and application developers understand the functions of CMPs and how they can be used to manage applications and data across multiple cloud infrastructures both on-premises and within public cloud environments.
Areas covered by the CSCC whitepaper include:
- The evolving CMP market
- Challenges of hybrid cloud services
- Critical functions of a CMP
- Current CMP vendor landscape
- Evaluation criteria for selecting a CMP
- Deployment considerations
Authors from the CSCC will host a complimentary webinar on July 26, 2017 from 11:00am - 12:00pm ET to introduce the paper. Event details are posted on the CSCC's website at http://www.cloud-council.org/webinars/practical-guide-to-cloud-management-platforms.htm.