CLOUD-ENABLED MANAGED HOSTING: 5 THINGS A CLOUD PROVIDER SHOULD OFFER

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Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting: 5 Things a Cloud Provider Should Offer

By: Marc Malizia

      CTO, RKON Technologies

The IT industry moves at light speed fueled by constant change and advancement. No area of IT has been affected more by this change than the hosting and managed service space. Advancement in the cloud and its delivery models of IaaS and SaaS have caused a monumental shift in the way IT services are deployed and delivered. When IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service, first emerged on the scene, it offered a standardized infrastructure that was pre-provisioned and ready-to-go at a moment’s notice.