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BETTER VISIBILITY INTO RESOURCE USAGE
CloudBolt gives admins the ability to see who is using certain resources. One of
CloudBolt's unique features is the ability for admins to monitor and track different
resources from one place. They can be shown next to each other in the interface
but in totally different runtime environments. For example, they can see all of their
resources running in AWS alongside resources running on a VMware vCenter
platform or on a Google Cloud platform, both of which are also used like AWS to
provision and manage virtual servers.
By managing the provisioning process and end user choices,
admins can mask actions like giving a VM a public IP address.
IT managers typically don't want end users to build servers
that are uniquely available on the Internet. Admins can control
that activity through CloudBolt and make sure that servers are
launched with the appropriate controls.
Once a CloudBolt admin has configured all of the backend complexity of AWS
resources, an end user can simply choose where they want the virtual server, and
CloudBolt handles the rest. For example, they can choose to have their VM deployed
in the "Production East" or "Production West" regions, and CloudBolt handles all of
the behind-the-scenes details of how the VMs should be built.
Most enterprises have ended up with multiple, separate AWS accounts from teams
across the enterprise as well as through mergers and acquisitions. CloudBolt can
simplify access to all of these accounts or work with AWS directly to consolidate and
manage access to these specific accounts. In some cases, they can negotiate with AWS
for usage discounts.
