Good cloud ops needs good cloud metrics

People who operate clouds — you can call yourselves “cloud ops” — understand that the work is harder than you were originally told. There are many systems and subsystems to consider, including storage, database, and application layers.

Furthermore, today’s reality is not the single-cloud deployments originally envisioned. Complex hybrid clouds and multiclouds are more prevalent these days than single clouds. Indeed, you could have as many as a dozen clouds under management.

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If you’re charged with cloud ops, you need to learn how to place a layer of technology between yourself and complex cloud services — and learn fast.

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