Cloud Management Tools that can Boost your Business
The vast pool of cloud management tools have increased the efficiency of cloud computing as they help enterprises in managing and optimizing their public as well as private cloud resources. While many tools help enterprises to automate functions and deploy cloud resources, others act as a platform for public cloud management.
The availability of diverse tools has revolutionized cloud computing services by simplifying complex usage and helping the IT department of enterprises to minimize manpower and manhandling. This provides the IT department more time to focus on other strategic lines of business operations rather than worrying about routine maintenance work.
A variety of cloud management tools are specially designed to perform specific tasks including automation, configuration and management of cloud-based infrastructure. Luckily, cloud computing tools work for both private as well as public cloud, ensuring quick intelligent functioning and management.
Let us now have a detailed look at some of the best and most useful cloud management tools:
1.      Azure Automation
Azure automation is the most efficient tool of Microsoft Azure that offers automation and configuration service to enterprises, and provides consistent management across Azure and non-Azure platforms. Apart from automated configurations, the tool is capable of reducing errors and saving time spent on infrastructure deployment. It also aids heterogeneous deployments for Windows and Linux hosts, which are capable of triggering with Python or PowerShell run books. Â
Ansible is an automation engine that automates application deployment, provisioning, configuration management, and intra-service orchestration. The tool is specially designed for multi-tier deployment and uses simple language that approaches everyday spoken English. It aids in almost all task-based configuration management processes including job scheduling, multi-playbook workflow, and inventory management.
Chef is a veteran player and one of the best known automation tools available. With easy scalability, it can manage numerous servers to facilitate continuous delivery and configuration management. Â It uses predefined resources as building blocks and completes automation by interpreting reusable definitions. It also cut downs repetitive manual processes and test codes on local workstation before deployment. Â
Puppet is used by big global enterprises and has emerged as a major player in the automation marketplace. It is capable of assessing control and visibility of cloud applications, and can automate tasks at any stage of the infrastructural cycle. This IT automation is competent enough to easily automate repetitive tasks, ensure quick deployment of tasks, along with efficient management of infrastructural changes on the cloud platform.
The leading cloud service providers in India leverage the services of globally recognized certified consultants, who are capable of handling various cloud management tools to simplify the complexity of the cloud infrastructure of enterprises. From cost cutting to intelligent optimization and deployment of resources, these tools aid various functionalities on cloud platforms.
