Cloud Computing Tools Abound

The sky is the limit  says Burns " for both the number and the types of tools that will eventually help enterprise IT fully embrace the cloud, say industry analysts and cloud integration experts.

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There are currently tools available that can assist IT departments with VM configuration management, help migrate in-house business applications to the cloud, enable full orchestration of cloud services and provide monitoring across multiple clouds. There are also tools that implement management policies in the cloud, set governance parameters and handle encryption management for data flowing around up there.

These tools are being delivered in equal proportions by cloud platform providers, systems integrators, third-party start-ups and established vendors. For complete read see here