{"id":3850,"date":"2020-01-09T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/?p=3850"},"modified":"2020-01-09T10:31:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:31:02","slug":"why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Company Should Invest in a Cloud Managed Service Provider"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Why<\/p>\n

So your company just got a brand new budget to spend on its cloud infrastructure for the year. How are you going to allocate spending? The cloud landscape has evolved over the past decade<\/a> as hyperscale public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud add services and solutions for various use cases and verticals. This can lead to a complex set of cloud solutions that your employees are expected to operate \u2014 which can lead to serious headaches and problems for the company. That’s where a cloud managed service provider can help you.<\/p>\n

Cloud managed service providers deliver advisory, evaluation, deployment, and management services for cloud environments and cloud-based solutions. A managed service provider can help your enterprise increase the efficiency of your cloud environment. Below, we’ve listed the reasons why your company should invest in a cloud managed service provider.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for more information on cloud managed service providers, you should check out our free 2020 MSP Buyer’s Guide<\/a>! The guide contains profiles on the top cloud managed service providers for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as questions you should ask vendors and yourself before buying. We also offer an MSP Vendor Map<\/a> that outlines those vendors in a Venn diagram to make it easy for you to select potential providers.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t

\"Download<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n

Choosing and integrating cloud services<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hyperscale cloud providers offer hundreds of services through their cloud platforms \u2014 so many that determining which services your company should adopt can be disorienting. By partnering with a managed service provider, you’ll gain insights into the services that best suit your company based on your business case and current cloud operations. A solid MSP will also assist you in integrating the cloud services it recommends to you into your infrastructure, showing you how they work and how to best take advantage of them.<\/p>\n

Managed cloud security<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Despite what you may have heard, the cloud is not inherently more secure than traditional infrastructures \u2014 and in some ways, it can even be less secure. Your company can protect itself by applying the right cloud security practices, but how can you guarantee your cloud is secure if your employees are interacting with an unfamiliar environment? Managed cloud security providers monitor your cloud infrastructure to look for security gaps and help you set up cloud-native security systems. Some vendors also provide information and advisory services on how your enterprise can defend itself against cloud security threats.<\/p>\n

Ensuring data compliance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If your company’s data needs to comply with data regulations like HIPAA, PCI DSS, or the recently-enacted CCPA, you must ensure that your company doesn’t break this compliance as it moves to the cloud. Your cloud provider should tell you directly what regulations and standards it supports, but a managed service provider can ensure that your data maintains compliance as it rests in the cloud.<\/p>\n

Our MSP Buyer’s Guide<\/a><\/span> contains profiles on the top cloud managed service providers for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as questions you should ask vendors and yourself before buying. We also offer an MSP Vendor Map<\/a><\/span> that outlines those vendors in a Venn diagram to make it easy for you to select potential providers.<\/em><\/div><\/p>\n

Reducing wasted cloud spend<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The cloud can be an expensive tool for enterprises, and if it doesn’t plan out its cloud spending accordingly, an enterprise can lose a sizable portion of their finances to their cloud infrastructure. Many managed service providers provide cost analysis on your IT’s cloud solutions, analyzing how your company uses the cloud and areas where it’s investing too many resources. Managed service providers help clients identify cloud resources and services that aren’t being running efficiently and suggesting ways to fine-tune spending.<\/p>\n

Multicloud support<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An increasing number of cloud managed service providers are supporting several of the top public cloud providers. No matter what cloud provider your company is using, you’ll be able to find an MSP that supports any and all of your cloud deployments. It’s also beneficial to companies who want to move data from one cloud environment to another, as managed service providers ensure that migrated data and apps are compatible with their new cloud platform.<\/p>\n

\n

Looking for more info on managed service providers for your cloud solutions? Our\u00a0MSP Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a>\u00a0contains profiles on the top cloud managed service providers for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as questions you should ask vendors and yourself before buying. We also offer an\u00a0MSP Vendor Map<\/a>\u00a0that outlines those vendors in a Venn diagram to make it easy for you to select potential providers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Check us out on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0for the latest in Enterprise Cloud news and developments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\t\t\t

\"Download<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So your company just got a brand new budget to spend on its cloud infrastructure for the year. How are you going to allocate spending? The cloud landscape has evolved over the past decade as hyperscale public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud add services and solutions for various […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":3851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[205,11,1133,1047,278,26,718,1301,651,16],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Your Company Should Invest in a Cloud Managed Service Provider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A managed service provider can help your enterprise increase the efficiency of your cloud environment. Why should your company invest in one?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Daniel Hein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/\",\"name\":\"Why Your Company Should Invest in a Cloud Managed Service Provider\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2020\/01\/oie_vaIEbihrEiBE.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-09T15:30:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-09T15:31:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/#\/schema\/person\/6864a6433d5b9cae6d22634014694c8c\"},\"description\":\"A managed service provider can help your enterprise increase the efficiency of your cloud environment. Why should your company invest in one?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2020\/01\/oie_vaIEbihrEiBE.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2020\/01\/oie_vaIEbihrEiBE.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Why Your Company Should Invest in a Cloud Managed Service Provider\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Your Company Should Invest in a Cloud Managed Service Provider\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/\",\"name\":\"Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure Services | Solutions Review\",\"description\":\"Evaluating Hyperscale Cloud Providers, Hybrid IaaS, PaaS & Cloud Management Tools.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/#\/schema\/person\/6864a6433d5b9cae6d22634014694c8c\",\"name\":\"Daniel Hein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4898ed0ee982b139754b5a4523e45813?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4898ed0ee982b139754b5a4523e45813?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Daniel Hein\"},\"description\":\"Dan is a tech writer who writes about Cybersecurity for Solutions Review. He graduated from Fitchburg State University with a Bachelor's in Professional Writing. You can reach him at dhein@solutionsreview.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/author\/dhein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Your Company Should Invest in a Cloud Managed Service Provider","description":"A managed service provider can help your enterprise increase the efficiency of your cloud environment. Why should your company invest in one?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Daniel Hein","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/","url":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/","name":"Why Your Company Should Invest in a Cloud Managed Service Provider","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2020\/01\/oie_vaIEbihrEiBE.png","datePublished":"2020-01-09T15:30:05+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-09T15:31:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/#\/schema\/person\/6864a6433d5b9cae6d22634014694c8c"},"description":"A managed service provider can help your enterprise increase the efficiency of your cloud environment. Why should your company invest in one?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2020\/01\/oie_vaIEbihrEiBE.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2020\/01\/oie_vaIEbihrEiBE.png","width":800,"height":400,"caption":"Why Your Company Should Invest in a Cloud Managed Service Provider"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/why-your-company-should-invest-in-a-cloud-managed-service-provider\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Your Company Should Invest in a Cloud Managed Service Provider"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/","name":"Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure Services | Solutions Review","description":"Evaluating Hyperscale Cloud Providers, Hybrid IaaS, PaaS & Cloud Management Tools.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/#\/schema\/person\/6864a6433d5b9cae6d22634014694c8c","name":"Daniel Hein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4898ed0ee982b139754b5a4523e45813?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4898ed0ee982b139754b5a4523e45813?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Daniel Hein"},"description":"Dan is a tech writer who writes about Cybersecurity for Solutions Review. He graduated from Fitchburg State University with a Bachelor's in Professional Writing. You can reach him at dhein@solutionsreview.com","url":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/author\/dhein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}