Cognizant Cloud360 Leads Cloud Management in Enterprise Customer Survey from 451 Research

I am happy to share that in a recent report published by 451 Research on Cloud Management and Automation, IT practitioners across the globe selected Cognizant's Cloud360 as the leading vendor in five of the six measured categories.

The 451 Research report showed that Cloud360 (listed as Cognizant in the report) excelled among competing software vendors in the following categories:

• Unified Cloud Management Console
• Cloud Governance
• Multi-cloud Management
• Metering/Billing on Hybrid Clouds
• Cloud Brokerage

The findings were based on interviews with a “…network of IT professional and key decision-makers at large and midsized enterprises.” The interviews were supported by additional interviews with IT stakeholders such as IT managers, technology vendors, managed service providers, telcos and VCs, as well as primary research. 

The report looks at the adoption of “…tools that are emerging to support the selection, provisioning, scheduling and dispatch of work to BEVs (Best Execution Venues) and the acquisition of services from them.” The research found that “… sophisticated management and automation tools are going to be required to ensure that a cloud can deliver on its promise of faster and more flexible services, on more devices and on-demand.”

According to 451 Research's survey, cloud management technologies such as unified cloud management consoles and cloud governance tools are in the early stages of gaining traction with users. The report notes that the “…next few years, however, will see a significant change in these areas, with close to one-third of respondents planning to implement these technologies in their cloud environments. Spending plans are beginning to gain momentum, with 16% and 10% of respondents citing increased spending on cloud management consoles and governance technologies, respectively, in 2013.”

We believe that this report from 451 Research validates our approach of building a comprehensive cloud management platform. For years now, our focus has been to guide our customers on their journey to IT as a Service (ITaaS), and IT Management as a Service (ITMaaS) by enabling Enterprises to use best of breed cloud services.

At Cloud360, we recognize that if IT is to operate at the speed of business, and reach that level of agility, efficiency and control, then a new approach to management is needed for the cloud era. One that delivers automated operations, intelligent operational analytics, cost transparency, on-demand access to any service, and the flexibility to support any platform or cloud.

Access this complete report at http://www.hyperplatform.com/pdf/451Research-CloudManagementAutomation.pdf