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For the past 20 years, the time required to operate has been shrinking. It will take us 2-3 months to build a new telephone line in the 80 's. Now, if you just bought a cell phone in the mall, you can make a phone call. In this swift world, we expect everything to happen now.

The same is true for businesses, and the time to respond to change has been reduced, even http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/18920.html "> fluctuations in the economic situation will not have much impact." In addition, as the global market continues to grow, opportunities change rapidly. Success is only in the hands of those who react quickly.

In the past it was an environment where technicians created and managed infrastructure and applications within their own boundaries. But today's business needs are rapidly changing the environment. People need to respond quickly, need to be able to get the support they need from it, and hopefully this support will happen in time.

IT staff can no longer be just a mechanic, which is reflected in two aspects: cloud computing starts the data center through virtualization and automation, and the number of Third-party services purchased is increasing.

Mixed delivery

In this new, flexible and instant world, there is no one system that can handle all the problems in a universal manner. IT departments combine their traditional environment and private cloud with external sourcing services, such as Iaas,paas and SaaS. As a result, the IT department becomes a strategic Service Broker.

Let's look at the problem from the user's point of view. They work in a mixed environment, and some of the features they use every day are provided by traditional environments, corporate private clouds, and a range of service providers. They need to work in a variety of environments, which means they have to handle multiple URLs, usernames and passwords at the same time, service configuration programs, and so on. It's rather cumbersome, isn't it? Not to mention the replacement of suppliers, mobile workloads or upgrades.

Unique User Experience

What it really needs to do is protect users in complex service purchases. As a user, I want a Web page that is safe to log on, to see the service I'm using (no matter where it comes from), and to decide which service I want to enter. What I need is a front-end feature that allows me to enter the right service in the right place. In essence this is what we call "the Cloud broker". Arthur Cole talked about the growing cloud brokers. Traditionally, cloud brokers represent a service offered by a particular company to address a variety of cloud products.

But I'm going to recommend something different. I envision a tailor-made development for a company that integrates cloud services with mixed environments. We can think of this as the next generation of intranet portals. 　　I call this the corporate cloud broker. Five key parts of corporate cloud brokers

For me, the corporate cloud broker consists of five key parts. Here's how they work together:

1. A portal that allows users to link to their consumer services

This is where I can verify my identity. My certificate compares to the enterprise directory so that I can see the services I have configured so that I can get into the service I need. I no longer need to know where the service comes from because it's a single sign-on and I don't have to remember a particular certificate to get into a particular service.

2. A directory that includes all services provided by it, sorted by role

Once my identity is certified, the system recognizes my role and highlights the services I can use. I can get a service introduction, price and other information. Now I can decide which service to need and start configuring the process.

3. Approval process

Many companies need to be approved before they get a service. Once I apply to configure a particular service, the system will review my request according to the Enterprise customization policy. 　　When approval is passed, the related configuration starts in the appropriate cloud environment. 4. The Facilitator

A few weeks ago, I described the two concepts of middleman and integration. Coordinators can be simple or complex. If the enterprise Cloud Broker is only involved in services, then the role is simple – simply request the appropriate service provider to configure the service and ensure that the user is configured before logging in.

If an enterprise provides integration services, the role of the facilitator is more complex. In this case, the coordinator must first see if all of the services can be configured, and then do the related configuration to connect all the services together and ensure end-to-end security. Last but not least, the facilitator needs to build and fix all the billing information.

5. Payment/Service Level agreement (SLA) Monitoring function

When services are consumed, corporate cloud brokers receive consumer information from service providers, which can be used as a basis for paying. If it is an integrated service, a corporate cloud broker may want to measure consumption and pay for it in real terms. Or, depending on the service of the consumer, the enterprise cloud Broker receives different billing information from different service providers. Another feature here is Service level agreement (SLA) monitoring. In the case of integrated services, the service level of the integrated service needs to be measured, and the initiator may need to be monitored.

Broker coordinators become "super Coordinators" to operate the businesses available in each cloud Procurement service.

Integrate the traditional environment

Network services can be used to screen out traditional environments for end users and allow users to access a traditional cloud-based feature. Consolidating the cloud and traditional environments with the same user experience can mask the complexity of it for end users-allowing users to use the best services for their needs, not the most popular. Consolidation also allows IT departments to regain control of shadow it.

But consolidation also brings in something else: it changes the pattern of service consumption, bringing maximum convenience to end users. If it decides to migrate apps from the traditional environment to the cloud, it can now be manipulated behind the scenes.

A new window into the cloud world

Corporate Cloud Broker is a window into the cloud world. They provide end users with a simple environment they need, while shielding it from complexity, allowing it to manage procurement and migration services for optimal use. Now the cloud brokers are focused on the delivery of public services. So they are different from corporate cloud brokers.

(Responsible editor: Schpeppen)