Cloud computing providers need to ensure their network equipment and other server room hardware is fully operational and secure at all times, it has been suggested.Srihari Padmanabhan, senior research analyst at Frost & Sullivan, said businesses need to test the cloud infrastructure for security, scalability and performance.
But they also seek insights into the performance of applications hosted in the cloud environment, he stated.
"Service providers, enterprise organisations and network engineers need to understand the root cause of faults in the network by gaining end-to-end visibility across the cloud, giving numerous opportunities for application monitoring as well," Mr Padmanabhan commented.
He noted that every service provider is expected to meet the quality of service as defined by the service level agreement.
"To do this, service providers need to constantly monitor their cloud infrastructure and allocate resources so that applications can respond properly to peaks in a load," the analyst claimed.
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