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5 Best Practices for Cloud Monitoring in Network Management<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Why cloud monitoring should be an essential part of every company and which solution StableNet\u00ae<\/sup> offers.<\/p>\n

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What is Cloud Monitoring and why is it important?<\/a>
Why does your business need a Cloud Monitoring solution?<\/a>
Benefits of Cloud Monitoring<\/a>
Cloud Monitoring in Network Management<\/a>
Cloud Control Best Practices<\/a>
5 Best Practices for Cloud Monitoring<\/a>
Key Take-Aways<\/a><\/p>\n

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The majority of companies use some form of cloud assets, which can lead to considerable problems in their ability to uniformly manage the increasingly diverse network environment. The question I\u2019d like to look at is how to best address this issue?<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding a single solution that can monitor and manage the entire network environment, including the cloud, seems to be the first answer to this problem. However, it is not enough to cover the needs of today’s IT departments. Cloud monitoring is different than traditional network monitoring<\/a>, and there are some important variables that IT staff need to consider.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through this monitoring software, IT administrators can review the operational status of systems, devices, and applications in the cloud, as well as the security of the corporate network and the endpoints connected to it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The benefits of using cloud services, such as scalability and agility, make more and more companies decide to migrate to them. However, almost no organization has a network environment that resides entirely within the cloud. This means that network administrators need to monitor the mix of cloud resources and physical network equipment. In these cases, monitoring in the cloud helps to observe response times, availability, resource consumption levels, and performance and predict possible problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having a regular cloud monitoring system is critical to the performance and security of your business networks and devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this article, I explain what cloud monitoring is, how it works, why your company needs a cloud monitoring solution and the 5 best practices for cloud monitoring.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is Cloud Monitoring, and why is it important?<\/h2>\n

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Cloud monitoring fulfills a double function: on the one hand, it is an essential tool to preserve the security of your business network and maintain a high standard of protection of your endpoints. On the other hand, it ensures that your systems achieve efficient and stable performance, preserving their operational continuity at all times. <\/span><\/p>\n

A cloud monitoring solution provides centralized control over the day-to-day operations that take place in the cloud, making it easy for IT staff to review, monitor, and correct problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point, it is important to note that the type of cloud structure your company uses influences the capacity and scope of cloud monitoring that your IT team will be able to achieve.<\/span><\/p>\n

The difference between Datacenter and the cloud is significant. The Datacenter is a physical resource to store data, while the cloud is a virtual resource to store business data. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you are using a public cloud vs. private, control and visibility over your cloud infrastructure and assets are more limited in regards to managing and monitoring the infrastructure. A private cloud, on the other hand, gives the IT department greater control and flexibility. It is the reason why most large organizations choose a private cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why your business needs a Cloud Monitoring solution<\/h2>\n

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Today, most companies, regardless of their size and industry, use some service in the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Hosting Tribunal, the companies that use a cloud service is estimated at 94% worldwide. And this is no surprise. The cloud provides unprecedented business benefits such as increased scalability, agility, availability, and a variety of storage and collaboration options.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, with the increase in the use of the cloud in recent years, various problems persist. Today, no business can afford slow response times, under-resourced workloads, downtime, or system failures.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s where cloud monitoring comes in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cloud monitoring helps companies analyze response times, availability, resource consumption levels, and performance and anticipate potential security risks.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this sense, cloud monitoring is a fundamental tool to guarantee optimized performance, minimize downtime, and preserve the security of your assets at an affordable cost.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Benefits of Cloud Monitoring<\/h2>\n

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Monitoring the cloud constantly provides companies with concrete benefits. The main ones are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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