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Single pane of glass for multi-cloud management still elusive
This article is part of the Modern Stack issue of April 2018, Vol. 1, No. 1
Cloud computing may solve many problems associated with traditional on-premises infrastructure, but visibility and management remain a challenge. Third-party cloud products have been around almost since the inception of the public cloud to help address these issues. However, according to analysts, their most ambitious goals haven't always resonated with buyers. Now, new and established vendors are back with some fresh approaches to help organizations tackle complex multi-cloud management challenges. One example is TotalCloud, a new vendor that offers a 'gamified' interface to visualize and control AWS cloud resources. An immersive tool takes advantage of the natural capabilities of the human mind, which are oriented toward visual and aural information, said CEO and founder, Pradeep Kumar. TotalCloud delivers a Minecraft-like real-time user experience that uses "behavioral-AI concepts used in real-time strategy games such as Warcraft and StarCraft," Kumar said. Users get a viewable context of their cloud infrastructure and then ...
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