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Solution Criteria for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service

Summary

Technical professionals can use this comprehensive set of 265 criteria to assess public or private cloud IaaS providers that have integrated software infrastructure services, such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure.

Published: 22 February 2019

ID: G00376473

Analyst(s): Lydia Leong ,  Elias Khnaser

Table Of Contents

Solution Criteria

  • How the Evaluation Is Structured
  • Understanding the Solution Criteria
    • Solution Criteria Interpretation and Assumptions
    • Solution Criteria Definitions
    • Geographic Scope
  • Baseline Criteria
  • Resilience
    • Required
    • Preferred
    • Optional
  • Compute
    • Required
    • Preferred
    • Optional
  • Storage
    • Required
    • Preferred
    • Optional
  • Network
    • Required
    • Preferred
    • Optional
  • Security
    • Required
    • Preferred
    • Optional
  • Software Infrastructure Services
    • Required
    • Preferred
    • Optional
  • Digital Business Infrastructure
    • Required
    • Preferred
    • Optional
  • Operations and Governance
    • Required
    • Preferred
    • Optional
  • Vendor Management and Audit
    • Required
    • Preferred
    • Optional

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