What are managed cloud services?
Managed cloud services involve partial or total management of your cloud resources and/ or infrastructure. A managed cloud service provider may be responsible for your migration, configuration, optimisation, security and maintenance, as well as ensuring your applications and cloud foundation deliver maximum value.
What types of managed cloud services are available?
Managed cloud services can include infrastructure management (e.g. servers, storage), application management (e.g. databases, middleware), and cloud migration services.
What is a managed cloud service provider (MCSP)?
A managed cloud service provider (MCSP) is a vendor that offers managed cloud services. MCSPs can be either the cloud providers themselves, for example AWS, Azure and/ or GCP, or a third-party vendor. MCSPs can either replace inhouse cloud departments within IT teams or as a supplementary resource.
How do I choose a managed cloud service provider?
When choosing a managed cloud service provider, consider factors such as their reputation, experience, and the specific services they offer. It may also be helpful to speak with other businesses that have used their services.
What is cloud service management?
Cloud service management involves the oversight, control, administration and maintenance of cloud infrastructure, services and resources. This can apply to public, private and/ or multi-cloud resources. Essentially, cloud service management provides IT teams greater control over their cloud computing environments to keep them scalable and dynamic.
Why use managed cloud services?
Managed cloud services provide disaster recovery and, in most cases, better security than unmanaged cloud hosting. Managed cloud services do this by consistently monitoring your cloud activity for anything suspicious and deploying cloud resources to protect your data.