Managed Application Service Providers With A Cloud Service Broker
October 6, 2014
Grazed from HostReview. Author: Tomas Cohen.
The utilization of cloud services for organizations presents a wide range of efficiencies, but there are many misunderstood requirements that are beginning to place new burdens on organizations. The customization, management and integration of a proprietary cloud storage infrastructure can become complex, and this complexity can add costs that might prevent an organization from utilizing all of the advantages that cloud services can offer. Many opportunities can be missed including the integration of various cloud services and associated features.
Cloud service providers exist to help an organization in the formation of a cloud-based infrastructure, but these service providers are not always the best approach for an organization. The latest type of service to help in establishing a viable cloud infrastructure is known as a Cloud Services Broker (CSB)…
A Cloud Service Broker can assist in aggregation activities by bundling many individual services into a unified package. This can often involve the combination and management of several vendors into a single unified service. Integration is another important method that a CSB can utilize to ensure that a customer’s existing network flows naturally into the new cloud-based infrastructure. One other advantage offered by a CSB is the customization of cloud services to meet an organization’s unique individual needs…