What’s your ideal multi-cloud approach?

As the number and variety of cloud environments grow, so too does management complexity. There are several management models out there, but in order to determine the best way to manage your clouds, it's first important to look at what cloud management requires.

Monitoring

Monitoring

Get real-time visibility into your full IT stack: infrastructure, applications, database performance and dependencies.

Tuning

Tuning

Adjust environments and applications at the drop of a hat before users experience any issues.

Scaling and recovery

Scaling and recovery

Meet on-demand business needs by scaling applications seamlessly and quickly recover data without manual support.

Security

Security

Proactively identify evolving cyberthreats with solutions that have multi-layered protection, while keeping you in the driver seat.

Cost management

Cost management

Predict cloud usage charges per workload and simplify billing of cloud charges to lines of business.
A Forrester study shows that over 50% of businesses are turning to managed services for their hybrid, multi-cloud environments.1 Do you have the in-house expertise, resources and time to manage your clouds? Explore the cloud management options below and determine your best strategy.

In-house management

  • Best if you have the time, in-house resources and expertise to manage multi-cloud environments
  • Ideal if you have unique security requirements, legacy applications or highly customized environments

Fully managed

  • Best if you’re looking to tap into deep expertise and 24/7 support
  • Ideal for allowing your in-house staff to focus on more strategic projects

Shared management

  • The best of both worlds—support and visibility
  • The ideal choice to retain control of your applications while a trusted partner takes on hardware and operating systems

Manage your cloud the right way

Lumen can help you address each phase of the cloud lifecycle. For each application, you can choose the right cloud, the right network and the right experts. In addition to public and private cloud offerings, we also offer a cloud-agnostic management platform and extensive end-to-end services to help you plan, deploy, manage and optimize your multi-cloud environment.

 

For more information on building your multi-cloud management strategy, read Your Path to the Cloud: A Guide to Key Decisions.