2. While this seems like the single most important
thing to know, many of those who define a
hybrid cloud management strategy fail to
understand the profiles of the workloads that will
run on public and private clouds. IT managers
need to understand what the applications do,
including how they interact with the end users,
manage data, how they handle networking,
security patterns, performance, etc
Understand what is being
managed in the cloud
3. These days, security and governance are a
requirement, whether a mandate from your
customers (see “SLAs” below) or from your
senior management. This means you need
to proactively manage security to make it
work. You can also leverage new
mechanisms such as IAM (identity and
access management), which allow
assigning of identities to data, people,
devices, and servers, to configure who can
access what, and when.
Service Level Agreement
Acknowledgement
4. Those who manage hybrid cloud, also
manage complexity. This is because the
private and public clouds all come with their
own native APIs and resources. Indeed, they
all manage storage, networking, provisioning,
and security differently. IT managers can
save valuable resources and administration
time if they integrate a single pane of glass
interface to manage their cloud platforms.
Integrate a single
pane of glass interface
5. Mechanisms, such as Identity and Access
Management (IAM), help with the
assignment of identities to devices,
people, servers, and data.
This helps with access control (who can
access what and when he or she can
access it). Finally, encryption is mandatory
for all information, either in-flight or at-
rest.
Focus on Security
and Governance
6. Many charged with hybrid cloud
management often focus too much on the
management tools that are available. These
tools cover areas such as API management,
resource management, cloud management
platforms, performance management,
DevOps management, security
management, network management, native
platform management, etc..
Understand the available
tools