Cloud Management Platform

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What Does Cloud Management Platform Mean?

A cloud management platform is a tool, usually offered by a specialized vendor, that allows the management of multi-cloud environments, combining public, private and hybrid cloud options.

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Techopedia Explains Cloud Management Platform

As many companies take advantage of multi-cloud options to create more precise solutions for each part of a business architecture or for each individual business process, cloud management platforms can help them with the administration of these complex systems.

Although cloud management platforms from different vendors may provide unique features or specific functionalities, typically, the platforms have similar features, including a self-service interface, resources for cloud service metering and tools for workload optimization.

In general, a cloud management platform can help businesses adjust to a more complex cloud-centered IT strategy.

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Margaret is an award-winning writer and educator known for her ability to explain complex technical topics to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles in the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret’s idea of ​​a fun day is to help IT and business professionals to learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages.