Control over various resources offered by Abiquo solution is very detailed. Administrators can manage everything more efficiently in terms of allocating, monitoring and controlling usage if needed. The lack of central interface is a common problem in the IT industry, which Abiquo Hybrid Cloud Platform is to address.
In an Abiquo Platform cloud model, the control plane is in Abiquo, while the data plane is the infrastructure being managed. Abiquo works with cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), private clouds, and virtualization technologies. This ensures that the best-in-class service is provided to clients by different vendors, giving organizations flexibility to move workloads across cloud providers without being confined to a specific provider. Additionally, with this approach, organizations are able to optimize their costs by using their preferred cloud infrastructure provider based on a specific workload requirement.
Hybrid clouds pose some new security challenges for businesses that adopt it. The best option in case of a security breach is to avoid it. Abiquo’s provides multi-level security policies which allow administrators to set permissions for particular objects like networks, hypervisors, etc. In addition, Abiquo’s access control support allows for setting permissions with the help of RBAC model so only authorized personnel can access confidential data and services.
The next benefit of Abiquo solution is that it can support various other cloud service providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, etc. with a high degree of flexibility. When it comes to selecting a cloud service provider it depends on various business requirements. It is essential to have freedom of choice and Abiquo makes it possible. There are certain situations where a business might have to move workloads from one cloud to another. For some reason, this might not be feasible due to vendor lock-in. Abiquo’s interoperability feature helps avoid these problems.
Abiquo’s supports integration of various automation and DevOps processes, which means it supports API and scripting which can help deploy infrastructure with code. Support for CI/CD makes deployment of cloud infrastructure very fast. Automation features are of great use as more and more organizations are switching to DevOps methodology. The ability to integrate Abiquo into DevOps automation pipeline helps improve the overall standard of infrastructure and application deployment, leading to reducing errors and faster time to market.
Automation: The Abiquo Hybrid Cloud Platform provides a series of automation solutions that enable IT teams to manage and handle complex environments with lesser manual effort. The platform’s automation features can be leveraged to automate the provisioning, de-provisioning, and scaling of resources, ensuring that applications have the resources they need when they are needed while also eliminating the costs associated with idle or orphaned resources. Automation can also be used in the area of backup and disaster recovery to help businesses achieve business continuity and avoid downtime in case of failure of any of the clouds.
Migration between various cloud resources is often very challenging due to the format difference and not all providers are compatible with each other. Support for migration is what most cloud infrastructure management solution provides. Abiquo Hybrid Cloud Platform offers support for on-premises to cloud, multi-cloud, and inter-cloud migration. Abiquo provides tools and wizards which are automation driven, thereby ensuring that applications remain consistent with no or minimum downtime.
Scalability and performance: The Abiquo Hybrid Cloud Platform is also scalable, thus able to grow with the business as demand for more resources increases over time. This distributed platform has been designed to support large-scale deployments across multiple geographic locations, with the platform scale elastically up and down in terms of the underlying infrastructure as the deployment size changes. At the same time, with its advanced load balancing and resource optimization features, the Abiquo platform also provides customers with the ability to optimize the performance of their applications, ensuring they are able to deliver optimal performance while minimizing resource consumption and operational costs.
User experience is something which Abiquo has kept in mind from the start. Interface is very clean and attractive. Navigation is also very smooth. Documentation is very detailed and support is available when one requires it.