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The Headaches Of Multiple Cloud Services: Page 2 of 2

Headache 3: Cloud services money pit
Each cloud service provider must charge a minimum monthly fee to cover its infrastructure costs. So be ready to understand those costs, or be ready to shell out the money! This redundant infrastructure cost can become excessive as the number of services and the number of providers increases. Understand what is included in each service and whether a single service provider can amortize those infrastructure costs over multiple services.

Headache 4: User friction frown
While single sign-on can alleviate a small portion of the redundant task "friction" caused by multiple IT services, keep in mind how much aggravation your users may experience. You could be introducing redundant email invitations for things like group audio/video conferences or web meetings, redundant group and contact management, and redundant event and user-setting configurations. Find services that minimize redundant tasks for your users.

Achieve multiple cloud service harmony
The advantages of moving your on-premises IT service to the cloud are compelling. Your enterprise can enjoy lower capital expenses, lower onsite management and upgrade costs, global service consistency, virtually unlimited scalability, and better support for remote and mobile workforces. This is why cloud vendors are delivering such a variety of IT services for enterprises to choose from.

However, once you start evaluating and moving multiple IT services to the cloud, there are more factors to review and understand so those services can be configured to play together well and your experience with the cloud remains a positive one. Once you address the challenges, multiple cloud services can work in harmony. That's music to an IT administrator's ears!