“ The cloud ’ s ability to facilitate and help accelerate business growth has seen it become the ultimate IT-as-a-commodity ”
FABRIZIO GARRONE ENTERPRISE SOLUTION DIRECTOR , ARUBA ENTERPRISE
Outsourcing in this way can be either done on a partial or complete basis , and the service can span public , private and hybrid clouds .
A cloud maintenance service provider will offer flexible services , allowing the client to decide which of their IT functions can be managed in-house and which to pass on to the service provider .
Managed cloud services can include the management of computing , storage , networks , and operating systems ; architecture guidance ; managing of the tools and application stacks running within the cloud infrastructure ; system monitoring , alerting , and reporting ; security and compliance management ; and even the management of ecommerce or digital experience platforms ( depending on the client ’ s specific requirements ).
For many businesses , the cost of managed cloud services is easily outweighed by the costs and time that they would otherwise have to invest into teaching their teams how to manage cloud infrastructure , alongside all the required tools and application stacks .
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