How to Manage and Optimize the Chaos of Cloud Operations

From integrating emerging technologies to achieving scalability, managing cloud environments can sometimes seem chaotic. This is especially true when your business goals include achieving operational efficiency and innovation. The journey to optimizing cloud architecture begins with learning how to navigate the challenges in ways that leverage the cloud for a competitive advantage.

Two experts from Rackspace Technology® hosted a webinar aimed at solving these challenges: Mike Lindbert, Senior Director of Public Cloud Product, and Sri Rajan, Senior Principal Architect of Public Cloud. In Optimizing Cloud Operations: From Chaos to Efficiency, they covered the challenges organizations are facing and the proven cloud solutions Rackspace offers.

“The topic of operating optimally in the cloud within today’s complex and chaotic environments is a topic that is consistently on our radar,” noted Lindbert in the webinar. “It’s something we help our customers deal with every single day. Cloud operations is in our DNA. We’ve been doing it for over 25 years.”

Four common modern cloud environment challenges

Lindbert and Rajan begin the webinar by providing an overview of the four common cloud challenges organizations are facing today.

Common challenge 1: Need to innovate but are anchored to legacy architecture

Technology leaders are pushed to innovate, but they are often held back by an outdated cloud architecture that does not support modern innovation demands.

Common challenge 2: Lift-and-shift cloud migration

Organizations often choose the most non-optimal path to migration — a lift-and-shift—this forces organizations into data center-like operations, which limits their access to advanced cloud capabilities.

Common challenge 3: Pressure to leverage all the new emerging technologies, like AI

Organizations really want to respond quickly to changing market conditions while also reducing their IT spend. But they’re struggling with two opposing forces: operating their legacy technology in the cloud while still achieving their innovation and cost-saving goals.

Common challenge 4: Ensuring cloud availability

Organizations face the very real problem of cloud downtime and accessibility issues. This can impact reliability, continuity of critical business operations and data security. 

“How we approach our customers' challenges begins with our extensive service knowledge,” said Rajan. “We’ve managed all kinds of permutations and combinations of cloud services, applications and architectures,” he said, adding that customers also benefit from achievable SLAs, improved resolution time, noise reduction and reduced operational costs.

Cloud experts offer proven solutions to cloud chaos

The presenters also share cloud insights on how to overcome today’s leading cloud challenges, including:

• Six key factors that make efficient operations during transformation challenging
• Four strategic capabilities necessary for successful cloud operations
• Services Rackspace performs to help organizations overcome their cloud chaos
• Outcomes that organizations are achieving by getting their clouds under control

 Is your organization ready to move beyond the challenges of cloud complexity?