The rise of cloud service agents

Until now, there have been three popular cloud computing solutions on the market - public, private, and hybrid, but as cloud computing matures, the needs of users have begun to diversify. Considering that cost control is minimized, Maximize the advantages of technology and other factors, how to determine the most favorable way of cloud computing services, has become a problem lying in front of enterprises, cloud service agents also rise.

Cloud service agents, also known as third-party cloud brokerage companies, have expertise in various cloud solutions and often connect to multiple cloud service providers to help create the best cloud solution based on individual customer needs. In general, most agencies have their own cloud computing resources, but due to customer trust and other factors, they are more likely to act as "agents" and contact their cloud computing providers on behalf of their clients. With the gradual diversification of cloud services and the wide variety of services, companies can not get all the services from one cloud service provider, and then agents have come into their own. Agents will be the best integration of various cloud services together to solve various standards of service providers, different protocols and many other complex issues, and ultimately offer a single customer, the most optimal solution. Since the agent model brings practical benefits to both supply and demand parties in cloud computing, agents are new to the market, but they also have good competitive strength. Most cloud computing providers are pleased to see agents grow and provide agents with exclusive services. For example, a lot of service providers can provide service providers with a full range of support through a series of processes such as providing dedicated platform for agent operation, configuring exclusive customer service, providing agents with infrastructure configuration for customers, signing service contracts, and subsequent service support. In short, the great support from cloud service providers strengthens the industry competitiveness of cloud agents and makes agents an indispensable key link in the cloud computing industry gradually. From the perspective of users of cloud computing, why do they prefer to go one step further and seek the support of their agents rather than directly selecting service providers? The answer lies in the professionalism and impartiality of agents. Therefore, maintaining the purity is the key to the sustainable development of cloud agents in the future. For now, the agency model has not yet formed the mainstream in the industry, but its future prospects have been very clear.