Glossary of terms
Cloud manageability refers to the ability to monitor, control, and optimize cloud-based resources, services, and applications efficiently and effectively. It encompasses a set of tools, processes, and practices that enable organizations to oversee and maintain their cloud infrastructure and ensure optimal performance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
1. Monitoring and visibility: Real-time tracking of resource usage, performance metrics, and system health across cloud environments.
2. Automation: Streamlining repetitive tasks, deployments, and scaling operations to reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency.
3. Resource optimization: Identifying and eliminating underutilized resources, right-sizing instances, and optimizing costs.
4. Security and compliance: Implementing and enforcing security policies, access controls, and compliance requirements across cloud environments.
5. Multi-cloud management: Centralized control and oversight of resources across multiple cloud providers and hybrid environments.
6. Cost management: Tracking and analyzing cloud spending, budgeting, and forecasting to optimize costs.
7. Performance tuning: Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks and optimizing application performance.
8. Backup and disaster recovery: Implementing and managing data backup, replication, and recovery processes.
9. Configuration management: Maintaining consistent configurations across cloud resources and environments.
10. Reporting and analytics: Generating insights and reports on cloud usage, performance, and costs to support decision-making.
1. Infrastructure management: Overseeing virtual machines, storage, networks, and other cloud infrastructure components.
2. Application management: Monitoring and managing cloud-native and migrated applications, including containerized workloads.
3. Service management: Overseeing cloud services, APIs, and integrations across various platforms.
4. User and access management: Managing user identities, roles, and permissions across cloud environments.
5. Data management: Overseeing data storage, migration, protection, and compliance in the cloud.
6. Financial management: Tracking and optimizing cloud spending, budgeting, and cost allocation.
7. Vendor management: Coordinating with multiple cloud providers and managing service level agreements (SLAs).
8. Governance and compliance: Ensuring adherence to organizational policies, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
9. Performance and capacity management: Optimizing resource allocation and scaling to meet performance requirements.
10. Incident and problem management: Identifying, addressing, and preventing issues in cloud environments.
11. Change and release management: Overseeing updates, patches, and new deployments in cloud infrastructure and applications.
12. Security management: Implementing and maintaining security measures, threat detection, and incident response across cloud environments.
The scope of cloud manageability extends across various cloud deployment models (public, private, hybrid) and service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), requiring a comprehensive approach to effectively manage and optimize cloud resources and services.
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