Moving to the Cloud? Management Platforms Are Critical
Information Services Group (Nasdaq: III) has released a report highlighting the increasing adoption of cloud management platforms (CMPs) by enterprises migrating to private and hybrid clouds. The report emphasizes that rising costs and the technical debt of legacy systems are driving this trend. It notes that effective CMPs enable cost control across multi-cloud environments and are particularly sought after by large multinational firms. The report evaluates 28 providers, naming HPE and VMware as Leaders, while addressing challenges such as talent shortages in the CMP space.
- Increased demand for cloud management platforms indicates a robust market growth opportunity.
- Growing adoption of CMPs across various industries, suggesting a diverse customer base.
- Recognition of HPE and VMware as Leaders in the cloud management space enhances their market credibility.
- Rising cost pressures may limit the profitability for companies not adopting CMPs.
- Talent shortages in the cloud management area could impede growth and operational efficiency.
Global enterprises adopting private/hybrid clouds demand platforms to control the use and cost of cloud resources, ISG Provider Lens™ report says
The 2022 ISG Provider Lens™ Next-Gen Private/Hybrid Cloud — Data Center Services and Solutions global report finds a growing number of enterprises are electing to migrate their IT infrastructure to private and hybrid clouds due to rising cost pressures. The technical debt imposed by aging systems, including the need for staff skilled in legacy technologies, increasingly is a cost that companies are not willing to bear.
“Enterprises around the world are moving to the cloud to lower their costs, but cloud computing has its own costs that need to be controlled,” said
Effective CMPs let administrators view all aspects of cloud use and cost on one screen and include cost-control features across both multi-cloud and on-premises environments, the report says. Large, multinational firms, in particular, are demanding customizable CMPs that can be integrated with large application monitoring and management platforms via APIs. Almost all of these platforms now include a strong cloud cost optimization module with metering, billing and accounting systems that track departmental responsibility, including chargeback and showback.
“CMPs from major vendors now include all the main features companies want, which can make it hard to distinguish among them,” said
Enterprises in industries including IT, retail, banking, telecommunications, media and entertainment have been adopting CMPs, the report says.
The report also examines the rising popularity of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) systems, which offer cloud-like economics for existing data centers.
The 2022 ISG Provider Lens™ Next-Gen Private/Hybrid Cloud — Data Center Services and Solutions global report evaluates the capabilities of 28 providers across two quadrants: Hyperconverged Systems and Hybrid Cloud Management Platforms.
The report names HPE and VMware as Leaders in both quadrants. BMC, Cisco, Flexera, Morpheus Data, Nutanix and ServiceNow are named as Leaders in one quadrant each.
A customized version of the report is available from Morpheus Data.
The 2022 ISG Provider Lens™ Next-Gen Private/Hybrid Cloud — Data Center Services and Solutions global report is available to subscribers or for one-time purchase on this webpage.
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