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Cloud computing seems to be the way to go for larger organizations that must handle large volumes of data with a high degree of security. Some of the leading cloud providers are Amazon Web Services, Rackspace and Windows Azure. There are various concerns a company can face when selecting a vendor. They need to know how to achieve the goals that cloud computing provides without, for example, locking themselves into a single vendor because what happens if the cloud provider simply fades away? What should someone do when they are seeking a hybrid solution with a mixture of private and public clouds? This article from enStatus says you can solve this problem for your company when these issues crop up by providing the correct operating platform. EnStatus, for example, provides an abstraction layer that integrates into the different cloud services from the various vendors which allows cross cloud applications to be managed as though they were operating in a single vendor environment. You can also achieve disaster recovery operations across cloud services. With this platform in hand, an IT professional can mitigate the risks that come from using a single cloud provider. It offers expanding flexibility as the cloud service provider market develops and grows. The reliability factors are certainly important to any organization concerned about business continuity planning because all major cloud providers are supported. Backups can also be stored in one or more cloud providers. After a disaster, it is possible to achieve cross-cloud disaster recovery. It is even possible to take advantage of the different and unique capabilities that different vendors provide such as pricing and compliance. It becomes easy then to best meet the business needs that insure the highest return on investment when costs are minimized and reliability is maximized. This article gives other references that are useful to the IT professional.

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