Multi Cloud Management: Sync and Automate Your Cloud Technology
Cloud applications solve specific problems. We help them play together for you.
One cloud will not do it all for you. So you end up using multiple cloud applications. Do they talk to each other? Do they synchronize with each other? Are their data validation rules consistent? Do they even use the same terminology? Perhaps some of this resonates with you.
Some Common Cloud App Selling Points
- Always the latest version of the app
- Available to your users anywhere
- No worries about server hardware
- No worries about network availability
- No worries about power outages
- Service available when you need it
Just a few of the myriad clouds
Huge general-purpose clouds by huge companies
- Amazon Web Services
- Apple iCloud
- Google Cloud
- IBM Cloud
- Microsoft Azure
- Salesforce
Office productivity
- Microsoft 365 (Office 365)
- Apache OpenOffice
- Adobe Acrobat
Profession/Discipline Specific
- Attorneys: Abacus Next
- CPAs: Ace Cloud Hosting
- Shipping/Logistics: UPS, FedEx, DHL
- Accounting: QuickBooks Online, Bill.com. Sage Intacct
- eCommerce: Amazon, Shopify, Squarespace, Cleverbridge
- Finance: Your financial institution
- Licensing, Subscriptions: Flexera, Reprise
- Non-Profits: Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge
Some Common Side Effects
- Hotel California: “You can check out any time you like. But you can never leave". Need to be sure you can get everything of yours back.
- May be a financial penalty for cancellation of service
- What do you need that the cloud provider does not offer? See below for examples.
- Service fees and timeliness when you really need help from the cloud provider
- Inconsistencies/conflicts among clouds you are using
- Cloud app upgrade invalidates something you need and use
Some other things you will probably need
- Backup/Disaster Recovery: CloudRanger, ShadowProtect
- Malware Protection: Webroot, McAfee
- Domain Controller: for your local area network
- Network Management
- Veeam for Backups
- Multifactor Authentication
- Single Sign On (SSO) technologies
