It’s Time to Re-evaluate Cloud Deployment and Management

April 7, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from CloudComputing. Author: Rich Tehrani.

It’s exciting to see that cloud is being embraced by so many. From small businesses to the largest, cloud computing solutions are eagerly being rolled out for CRM, telephony, UC, accounting, storage and anything else you can think of. While the benefits of the tech are clear, what we need to worry about now is management of these cloud solutions.

In fact, we should be aware of the trend we see in cloud as it follows similar ones in telecom. There was a time when companies lost track of their telecom expenses. They had many users, many lines and typically overpaid for services because they didn’t know how much of a discount they could achieve. Moreover, they paid for many lines which were never in use…

Over time, telecom expense management (TEM) companies came in to fill the management vacuum. MDM companies helped here as well. Eventually, the problem was minimized. Consider, however, that telecom, in comparison, was a tame issue, as there were few providers of wireless coverage and fixed solutions. By comparison, the cloud is the Wild West…

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