Managed and unmanaged cloud options allow an organization to decide how involved their provider is. As a leading managed cloud provider, we’re a huge believer in managed cloud solutions. Some organizations get nervous when they hear the word “managed”, as they’re not exactly sure what it means for their business. It’s not scary – in fact, it’s extremely beneficial and allows everyone to focus on their area of expertise. Let’s learn how to work with a managed cloud provider:
Make sure you know what “managed cloud” means.
Someone has to run the cloud solution. It doesn’t just work by itself. There are a couple of options: you could do it yourself, which means investing your money, time and personnel in managing the solution – or you could work with a managed cloud provider, like RapidScale, and work together. In this situation you’re still accessing the huge benefits of the cloud and top-notch technology, but you also get a team of experts that has your back and runs all of this technology for you. While RapidScale has both options available, we’re all about the managed cloud. It’s the perfect combination because we get to do what we’re best at to help you do what you’re best at!
Choose the best solution for you.
Once you’ve determined that you want a managed cloud solution, you need to make sure you’re going with the perfect one for your business. This requires determining your business needs, goals and desires. Are you looking for a solution to accommodate BYOD? Or do you need disaster recovery services? What about managed infrastructure? These are all separate solutions, and they are not necessarily equal, so it’s important to determine exactly what you’re looking for. Then a managed cloud provider like RapidScale can present you with the solutions it deems fitting. Together, we develop a cloud game plan and move forward from there.
Choose your customized plan.
And even once you’ve decided on a solution, there are still more options! With RapidScale’s managed cloud products, you can essentially build your own solution, customizing it to fit your exact needs. So maybe you only want managed implementation. Or maybe you’re looking for full management, from start to finish! You can determine which applications you’ll be integrating and which overall package you want to go with. This is a huge benefit of RapidScale’s managed cloud products, as they allow you to customize the solution. We know one cloud does not fit all, and that’s why we offer this capability.
Consume the services as needed.
And since cloud solutions are scalable and work on a pay-as-you-go basis, businesses can consume them as needed. You use as much or as little of the cloud resources as necessary for your business, and you get charged accordingly. That’s the basic cloud model, and it’s extremely efficient as you’re not overspending on resources that are wasted, yet you always have enough.
You do your thing – we’ll do ours.
Once you’re set up with the managed cloud service, it’s pretty simple. You do your thing, and we’ll do ours. A managed cloud requires little expertise on the customer end, allowing a business to harness the power of the cloud without stressing about managing it. Instead, you can focus on whatever it is that you do best!
The managed vs. unmanaged cloud choice is an important one. Make sure you consider the options and their potential impact on your business! Learn more about the differences between managed and unmanaged cloud solutions in our past post here!
