A Conceptual Framework to Implement and Manage a Cloud Computing Environment

The proliferation of cloud adoption in recent years is driven by the potential for realizing benefits, such as reduced costs, improved agility and better resource utilization. However, there are many challenges to successfully delivering cloud-based services and these need to be understood and managed prior to cloud migration. Organizations need a systematic means of reviewing their business needs, so that the transition and subsequent management of a cloud environment is strategically planned. To address this requirement a Cloud Management Framework has been conceptualized that can be used for both the migration and the ongoing management of cloud-based services. Keywords-Cloud; Life cycle; Framework; Outsourcing; Cloud implementation.

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