Orchestration Takes the Cloud to the Next Level
May 6, 2014
Grazed from ITBusinessEdge. Author: Arthur Cole.
For most enterprises, the initial phase of the cloud transition is over. Organizations that want to get on the cloud are already up and running with basic storage, backup and recovery and various levels of cloud-based application support. In many cases, this has led to the deployment of multiple clouds and cloud architectures that, if care is not taken, could lead to the same kind of silo-based data environments that exist within local, physical infrastructure.
This is the reason why many enterprises, and cloud providers, are leaning so heavily toward cloud orchestration. A multitude of smaller clouds can be very effective at accomplishing key tasks, but a pooled set of infinitely scalable, highly integrated services has the makings of an entirely new computing model…
A good way to look at orchestration is as an enabling technology that fulfills many of the initial promises of cloud computing, says Flexiant’s Jim Foley. Not only does it take away much of the complication of provisioning and integrating cloud infrastructure and services, but it also opens up numerous possibilities for customized cloud environments and application mash-ups that allow users to essentially self-define the kind of cloud they want and provide the means to build them. In this way, the cloud becomes the natural state of affairs in enterprise computing, rather than a planned initiative that must be purposely implemented in order to gain the maximum benefit…
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