Top 11 Cloud Management Software Providers

Cloud management involves various software and technologies designed for the efficient operation and delivery of applications and computing services to enterprises and end-users. There are many software solutions being developed for the efficient monitoring and management of computing resources.

Cloud management solutions also enable the monitoring of end-user’s access to the enterprise computing infrastructure, and help in storage allocation and management. Enterprises are establishing their own private cloud infrastructure to meet internal computing and storage requirements. They are also procuring cloud management solutions to efficiently manage the network.

The Global Cloud System Management Software Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 32.51 percent over the period 2013-2018. TechNavio analysts have pinpointed the top 11 software providers in this market expected to help fuel market growth during the forecast period:

	“Deliver great performance and automate everything from change to chargeback with cloud management solutions from BMC. From that initial cloud to start the rollout to a mature, interconnected cloud offering diverse services, you’ll be able to demonstrate value and increase efficiency every step of the way.”
	“Whether you’re a large enterprise, a growing business, a government organization or a service provider, our cloud solutions can help you meet these challenges. With CA Technologies cloud solutions, you can increase business agility, accelerate cycle times, reduce costs, increase margins and drive revenues.”
	“VMware Cloud Management solutions build on VMware’s industry-leading virtualization and cloud infrastructure. VMware Cloud Management provides on-demand access to IT services, allowing authorized users to provision and manage IT services across multiple clouds and platforms while delivering deep insight into the performance of your cloud infrastructure.”
	“IBM® Cloud Management Suite for System z® helps to provision a workload on to System z through a money-saving self-service portal running on a distributed system. It expands the breadth of coverage for managing hybrid and private cloud to the System z platform. The suite can reduce risk by providing the tooling for performance management of the cloud infrastructure and backup and restore of workload storage.”
	“Adaptive Computing was formed in 1996 and is a major vendor of computing management software solutions. The company has established itself as a key player in providing cloud-based system management software solutions. The company’s solutions provide better management of network infrastructure and monitoring of company computing resources for end-user’s applications and computational requirements.”
	“Cisco has been a pioneer in enterprise networking and network management solutions provisioning. The company has established itself as a key vendor of networking solutions and computing resource management solutions. With a wide range of network controllers and attached management solutions, the company is trying to provide end-to-end solutions to enterprises and gain more market share.”
	“Dell is a major vendor of data center equipment and supporting peripherals. These peripherals require supporting software solutions, which enable easier management and monitoring of the equipment. The company provides cloud system management software solutions for efficient administration and automation, physical and virtual infrastructure management, and application and service management. The company is expanding its product and service portfolio to increase its market presence.”
	“HP is a leader in providing enterprise computing equipment and solutions, and has a strong foothold in the Data Center Market. HP is establishing itself as a cloud system management software solutions provider. The company will find it easy to penetrate the market with its solutions as it is an established player in enterprise computing infrastructure provisioning. In addition, HP has partnerships with various application vendors to integrate applications on a common platform for computing and execution.”
	“Microsoft is a leader in the operating systems market and is one of the leading vendors of enterprise applications and enterprise computing solutions. The company’s Azure cloud platform integrates various enterprise applications and also provides access to various computing resources. The company also provides enterprise application monitoring and management solutions, which are easily integrated into the client’s computing environments as the majority of end-users have their computing platforms based on Windows.”
	“Red Hat is a leader in providing open source computing solutions for enterprises and end-users. The company has developed open-source cloud management software solutions, which can be adopted by enterprises that have open-source computing environments in their enterprise infrastructure. The company also provides virtualization solutions for computing resources, which is leading to higher productivity of the network.”
	“Rightscale is an emerging vendor in the Global Cloud System Management Software market. The company provides computing and customized cloud infrastructure management solutions to enterprises and cloud-based service providers. The company is also providing monitoring and management solutions for enterprises adopting private cloud infrastructure. A number of enterprises are adopting these solutions to manage their computing resource and permission allocation of various end-users utilizing the solutions.”