Ask These 10 Questions to Find Out if Your Cloud Provider Is Enterprise-Ready

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Hint: Corrct answer shold involve more than a firewall at the perimeter of the network. When it comes to selecting a cloud computing provider, most people already think of these services as pretty much […]

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Mike Vizard
Mike Vizard
Published: Jun 16, 2010
Updated: Apr 16, 2021
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Hint: Corrct answer shold involve more than a firewall at the perimeter of the network.

When it comes to selecting a cloud computing provider, most people already think of these services as pretty much commodity offerings.

But the folks at F5 Networks, which provide a fair amount of the IT infrastructure used to manage cloud computing services, would beg to differ. In fact, they are offering up a list of 10 questions that IT organizations should be asking cloud computing providers before signing on the dotted line. Be sure to read our Mike Vizard’s post on the subject over at his blog.

Of course, what many IT organizations may discover is that they might be better off building their own internal private cloud depending on their requirements. But while the debate between public and private clouds rages on, IT organizations would be well-advised to do their cloud computing homework before signing a multi-year contract they might come to regret in a few months time.

Mike Vizard

Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a contributor to publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

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