Is it time to upgrade your orchestration layer?

June 12, 2012 Published by  SearchCloudProvider.com Cloud Provider Essentials As demand matures, new cloud apps call for new orchestration layer Jessica Scarpati, Site Editor When early adopters took their first, cautious steps into the cloud -- renting compute resources for application testing and development -- the back-end systems supporting them didn't need much pizzazz. But as enterprises gain confidence and entrust cloud providers with production-grade apps, the stakes rise for what providers need from their automation and orchestration layers. Cloud and managed services provider CSC began to undergo orchestration-layer growing pains over the past year as its customer base grew in size and ambition, and moved more business applications into CSC's cloud. Its legacy automation and orchestration layer, based on VMware's vCloud Director, excelled at spinning up operating systems, databases and development platforms, but it wasn't the best choice for going farther up the stack, said Sunil Bhargava, global portfolio executive for cloud and hosting at CSC. It ultimately deployed Cisco Systems' platform, Intelligent Automation for Cloud. CISCO INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION VS. vCLOUD DIRECTOR  Cloud automation, orchestration vital to run seamless cloud services The need for cloud automation and orchestration in complex, on-demand environments is a critical issue that affects cloud providers of every size. MORE ON AUTOMATION AND ORCHESTRATION Cloud backup services popular despite risks, solution providers say Even as some solution providers advise clients that the cloud isn't the best or most reliable disaster-recovery option, adoption has flourished among small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). WHY ARE SMBs FLOCKING TO CLOUD BACKUP? ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchCloudProvider.com, part of the TechTarget network. TechTarget provides IT professionals with the resources they need to perform their jobs: Web sites, newsletters, forums, blogs, white papers, webcasts, events and more. Copyright 2012 TechTarget. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. If you no longer wish to receive Cloud Provider Essentials from SearchCloudProvider.com click to unsubscribe. Unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. Contact Us: SearchCloudProvider.com Member Services 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 Contact: Webmaster@techtarget.com When you access content from this newsletter, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content as described in our Privacy Policy.