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The private cloud operating model decision guide
How to choose between in-house and managed cloud
Choosing VMware Cloud Foundation 9 is only part of your private cloud decision. Once the platform is selected, another important question follows: Who will operate it?
Running VCF 9 requires ongoing lifecycle management, monitoring, security, capacity planning, resilience, and specialized expertise. Organizations need to decide which responsibilities belong with their internal teams and which could be better handled through a managed cloud model.
The private cloud operating model decision guide provides a practical framework for making that choice.
Rather than treating in-house and managed cloud as universally better or worse approaches, the guide helps you evaluate them against your organization's capabilities, requirements, priorities, and appetite for operational responsibility.
You'll examine what VCF 9 requires after deployment, compare operating models side by side, and assess your organization across three important dimensions: capability, control, and focus.
What you'll learn
- What Day 2 operations for VCF 9 require across lifecycle management, monitoring, security, capacity, resilience, and skills
- How responsibilities change under a managed cloud model
- How in-house and managed cloud compare across eight operational considerations
- How to assess whether your internal capabilities and priorities align with your preferred operating model
- What to evaluate when selecting a managed cloud provider and defining its responsibilities
Use the guide to move beyond the platform decision and determine an operating model aligned with your infrastructure strategy.
Get the Guide
Your operating model needs to work beyond the initial deployment.
Flexential can help you assess your existing VMware environment, determine which operational responsibilities make sense to retain internally and which can shift to a managed model, and develop a practical path forward based on your applications, operational priorities, and long-term infrastructure strategy.
As a VMware Pinnacle Cloud Service Provider partner, Flexential brings together VCF expertise with managed private cloud, migration services, data protection, disaster recovery, and hybrid IT capabilities.
