How Cloud Broker Software Is Accelerating Enterprise Cloud Migration

Grazed from CloudTweaks. Author: John Hampton.

When I say “Cloud Broker”, don’t confuse it with the official definition which is – an agent who assists cloud consumers choose or migrate to single or multiple cloud platforms. There’s a new set of software which sits on top of the Cloud stack and adds value by providing new solutions on the Cloud, migrating enterprise systems along with the data or migrating between different cloud services. Much like the stock brokers, cloud broker software is acting as an enabler and a catalyst in Cloud adoption.

HHS (Health and Human Services Department) recently floated a RFI to determine detailed requirements for Cloud broker software. In this article I will discuss some of the key requirements laid out in the document…

1) Cross cloud provisioning engine

This is the key component. In fact, if you just have this and ignore every other aspect, you’ll have cloud broker software ready to take on serious migrations. This engine should be able to provision server instances across single or multiple cloud platforms – which is ideal for enterprises adopting hybrid-cloud strategy, provides capacity planning and load analysis and most importantly, support data portability and ideally application interoperability. Sounds a lot like software layer running atop PaaS cloud. The engine should also cover key security and privacy aspects…

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