Key Pillars to Future-Proofing Your Cloud Management Strategy
The
onset
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic
led
many
organizations
to
further
adopt
public
clouds,
and
geopolitical
conflicts
have
demonstrated
the
importance
and
need
for
sovereign
clouds.
The
onset
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic
led
many
organizations
to
further
adopt
public
clouds,
and
geopolitical
conflicts
have
demonstrated
the
importance
and
need
for
sovereign
clouds.
Today,
many
organizations
are
already
embracing
or
are
moving
to
multi-cloud
environments,
but
this
multi-cloud
reality
does
not
come
without
its
challenges.
As
the
nature
of
the
cloud
evolves,
so
does
the
strategy
in
which
organizations
must
approach
these
challenges.
What
does
remain
the
same
is
the
cloud
concerns
the
organization
must
manage,
such
as
cost,
performance,
security,
and
app
delivery.
Establishing
a
Cloud
Center
of
Excellence
is
one
way
to
ensure
that
these
concerns
are
continuously
and
consistently
managed,
no
matter
where
you
are
in
your
cloud
transformation
and
as
business
needs
evolve.
More
importantly,
with
the
cloud
underpinning
modern
organizations’
digital
businesses,
a
Cloud
Center
of
Excellence
ensures
that
your
cloud
management
strategy
is
in
alignment
with
driving
business
outcomes.
1.
Establish
a
Cloud
Center
of
Excellence
While
some
organizations
have
already
begun
seeing
success
with
multi-cloud
strategies,
having
different
business
apps
and
services
across
different
clouds
can
make
it
difficult
for
organizations
to
ensure
approaches
to
processes
and
management
concerns
remain
consistent.
To
address
cloud
management
concerns
around
cost,
performance,
security,
and
app
delivery,
many
companies
have
established
a
Cloud
Center
of
Excellence,
a
cross-functional
team
tasked
with
the
responsibility
of
supporting
and
governing
the
execution
of
an
organization’s
cloud
strategy.
A
Cloud
Center
of
Excellence
team
would
be
responsible
for
establishing
policies
and
guardrails,
driving
collaboration
and
adoption
of
best
practices,
and
supporting
the
implementation
of
new
and
existing
cloud
technologies.
Thus,
enabling
centralized
management
for
a
decentralized
IT
delivery
model.
The
Cloud
Center
of
Excellence
team
will
help
identify
who
within
the
organization
needs
to
be
involved
to
ensure
cloud
objectives
are
well-defined
and
aligned
with
business
goals.
This
group
should
include
those
responsible
for
managing
cloud
cost,
cloud
operations,
security,
application
development,
and
enterprise
architecture.
Ultimately,
a
Cloud
Center
of
Excellence
is
pivotal
to
driving
collaboration
and
setting
standards,
policies,
and
best
practices
that
ensure
cloud
operations
are
addressing
ongoing
management
concerns
across
all
clouds.
2.
Empower
Platform
Teams
by
Simplifying
Your
Cloud
Management
Strategy
During
VMware
Explore
Europe
in
Barcelona,
VMware
polled
its
audience
in
order
to
better
understand
their
cloud
management
needs.
The
majority
of
audience
members
shared
they
felt
it
necessary
to
not
only
converge
their
tools
but
their
teams
as
well.
These
same
respondents
also
overwhelmingly
indicated
that
if
they
could
simplify
their
cloud
management
approach,
it
would
help
them
achieve
greater
cost
optimization
results,
more
relevant
business
insights,
and
better
guardrails
around
their
cloud
operations.
Having
different
teams
use
multiple
tools
to
manage
their
public
and
private
clouds
was
an
obvious
pain
point
in
their
cloud
management
strategy.
Organizations
can
help
meet
the
need
for
integrated
teams
and
tools
through
platform
teams.
They
not
only
build
and
run
the
platform
that
developers
use
to
create
new
applications
to
drive
business
revenue,
but
they
also
serve
as
a
channel
between
developer
teams,
operations
teams,
and
security
teams.
The
platform
team
provides
a
route
for
business
leaders,
security
personnel,
and
the
rest
of
the
organization
to
communicate
business
needs
and
meet
business
challenges,
including
management
concerns.
3.
Empower
Your
Cloud
Center
of
Excellence
with
Visibility
Without
visibility
of
your
cloud
applications
and
their
dependencies,
it
becomes
impossible
for
the
Cloud
Center
of
Excellence
team
to
achieve
its
objectives.
Teams
are
unable
to
manage
what
they
cannot
see.
Teams
need
visibility
into
the
infrastructure
to
assess
spending
and
application
efficiency.
Visibility
can
be
mutually
beneficial
if
you
provide
your
team
access
to
a
unified
cloud
management
platform.
Doing
so
enables
teams
to
view
factors
such
as
cloud
cost,
resource
utilization,
and
application
performance
by
business
groups
across
all
clouds.
A
unified
cloud
management
solution
also
helps
teams
proactively
detect
and
remediate
misconfigurations
in
your
cloud
environment.
This
saves
time
by
not
having
to
review
data
for
violations
that
may
not
exist,
leaving
more
time
for
the
team
to
continue
building
out
best
practices.
The
main
goal
of
cloud
management
is
to
correlate
cloud
decisions
to
business
outcomes.
Organizations
that
embrace
a
Cloud
Center
of
Excellence
will
be
able
to
pursue
a
cloud
management
strategy
that’s
in
alignment
with
the
goals
of
the
business,
while
also
remaining
nimble
to
respond
to
challenges
as
the
nature
of
the
cloud
evolves.
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learn
more,
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