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Cloud Standards Customer Council Publishes Practical Guide to Cloud Management Platforms Whitepaper

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David Marshall | Published: July 19, 2017

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.

Topics: Archive, Books and Whitepapers, Cloud

David Marshall

David Marshall is the founder of VMblog.com, one of the industry's longest-running independent publications covering modern data center technologies. What began as a focus on virtualization and cloud computing has expanded to cover the full spectrum of enterprise IT, including AI, security, and DevOps, making VMblog a trusted destination for vendor news, technology analysis, and industry commentary.Beyond publishing, David has spent his career at the intersection of technology and business, inventing, marketing, and launching a number of successful software companies and products, and building a reputation as a skilled marketing executive in the enterprise IT space.David is also a published author, having written two well-regarded books on virtualization and served as technical editor for two "For Dummies" titles covering virtualization and cloud computing. He co-founded CloudCow.com, a publication focused on cloud computing, and has been named a VMware vExpert every year since 2009, one of the longest continuous honoree streaks in the program's history.Connect with David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmarshall/