This article is sourced from iFenxi.
Currently, the cloudification of enterprises has become a major trend. Compared to on-premises deployment, cloud adoption can achieve more efficient resource allocation and lower daily operational costs. Under the wave of digital transformation, companies are focusing on the cloud. However, cloud adoption is a relatively complex process. The deeper the roots of customers in traditional platforms, the more thorny the path to the cloud will be. Enterprises often face issues such as overall planning, detail handling, and unified management when it comes to cloud adoption. Therefore, enterprises need sufficiently professional enterprise-level service providers to escort and protect them, which is where Cloud Management Service Providers (MSPs) come into play, with Futong Cloud being one of the standouts.
Futong Cloud, established in 2014, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Futong Technology (stock code: 00465.HK). Leveraging the technological accumulation and market experience of its parent company, which spans over 20 years in enterprise IT services, Futong Cloud has independently developed the multi-cloud management platform CloudoorManagement and the private cloud construction platform CloudoorSphere. These platforms provide customers with more efficient and convenient full-stack cloud management services.
Manage Multiple Public Clouds and Provide Full-Stack Cloud Management Services
Futong Cloud provides full-stack cloud management services, including consultation, planning, migration, deployment, operation and maintenance, and optimization, covering the entire lifecycle of cloud adoption. These services help users quickly establish a cloud technology system, assist in smoothly migrating local applications to cloud platforms, and provide operational and maintenance management support for cloud application environments, thereby improving the availability of cloud platforms and optimizing the cost of cloud operations.
In April 2019, Futong Cloud passed the ITSS assessment and obtained the Private Cloud IaaS Service Capability Level 3 certification. It is reported that the private cloud product CloudoorSphere, which has received the "Independent Intellectual Property Rights" certificate on multiple occasions, supports OpenStack API and is fully compatible with AWS standard APIs, interfacing with public clouds to provide a rich array of cloud services.
Returning to the level of cloud management services, in order to coordinate the multi-data center and multi-cloud heterogeneity in multi-cloud management operations, the multi-cloud management platform CloudoorManagement developed by Futong Cloud supports mainstream public cloud vendors such as AWS, Oracle, Alibaba Cloud, and Huawei Cloud, as well as private clouds like OpenStack and VMware, and physical servers, network devices, and storage devices. This allows enterprises to break free from the constraints and risks brought by single cloud products. In turn, the management of multi-cloud heterogeneous hybrid clouds also gives enterprises more choices and the ability to enjoy cross-cloud services.
Strong Momentum in the MSP Market: Futong Cloud Sets Industry Benchmark Effects
According to IDC forecasts, the Chinese cloud management services market is expected to maintain a high-speed growth rate of more than double in 2019, with the market size reaching $4.46 billion by 2023. The strong development momentum of the cloud management services market is inseparable from the demand for enterprise digital transformation, the vigorous promotion by government departments, and the technological drive of big data, AI, and the Internet of Things.
iFenxi believes that in the current initial stage of rapid development in the MSP market, technology, products, and enterprise-level service capabilities remain the core competencies that various MSP vendors compete with.
Speaking of Futong Cloud, in addition to technology and product aspects, its enterprise-level service capabilities have a unique competitive advantage. Futong Technology, the listed company on the Hong Kong stock market and the parent company of Futong Cloud, has nearly 20 years of experience in enterprise-level IT services. It has profound accumulation in industry penetration, technical understanding, and customer relationships, and has sufficient anticipation and mature measures to deal with the complexities of enterprise technology.
Additionally, Futong Cloud relies on its own sales team and the parent company's sales team for business interaction, and expands channels and acquires customers with the upstream and downstream ecological industry chain, demonstrating strong customer acquisition capabilities. Futong Cloud has provided cloud management services to hundreds of enterprises and units, including China Unicom Wo Cloud, Zhongguancun Belt and Road Industry Promotion Association, Jilin Petroleum, and China International Television Corporation.
In terms of customer positioning, after establishing a certain industry benchmark, Futong Cloud has extended its coverage to industries with high demand for cloud management services and rapid growth in investment benefits, including retail, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, transportation, technology, broadcasting, media, and education.
