Choosing Between AWS Management Services: Platform or Tools?

When it comes to managing your AWS environment, you have two main options: using a set of tools or a unified cloud management platform. While both options have their advantages, a unified platform is often the better choice for several reasons.

In this article, we'll explore three reasons why a unified cloud management platform is better than a set of individual tools.

Unified Platform Offers a Centralized View of Your AWS Environment

The first advantage of a unified platform is that it offers a centralized view of your AWS environment. When you use a set of tools, you may need to use multiple tools to perform different tasks, such as monitoring, automation, or security. This can lead to a fragmented view of your environment and make it difficult to understand the big picture. With a unified platform, you can see all of your resources in one place, making it easier to get a comprehensive view of your AWS environment.

A unified platform also offers a consistent user experience across all of its features. This means you don't have to spend time learning different interfaces for different tools, which can be a time-consuming and frustrating experience. Instead, you can focus on using the platform to manage your AWS environment more efficiently.

For the details of what powers IG CloudOps under the hood, have a look at our unified cloud management overview. 

Automated Management Saves Time and Increases Efficiency

The second advantage of a unified platform is that it offers automated management capabilities that can save you time and increase efficiency. With a set of tools, you may need to manually perform certain tasks, such as scaling resources, updating configurations, or enforcing security policies. You also have to run, maintain and manage each of the tools as well so the more you put in the more overhead you create. This can be a time-consuming and error-prone process, especially if you have a large AWS environment.

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A unified platform can help automate these tasks, reducing the need for manual intervention and increasing efficiency. For example, you can set up automated scaling policies to automatically adjust your resources based on demand, or use configuration management tools to ensure that all of your resources have the correct configurations. This can help you save time, reduce errors, and ensure that your AWS environment is running smoothly.

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Better Security and Compliance Management

The third advantage of a unified platform is that it offers better security and compliance management capabilities. When you use a set of tools, you may need to use multiple tools to monitor your environment for security threats, enforce access controls, or ensure compliance with regulations. This can be a complex and time-consuming process, especially if you have to manage and maintain and collate results from multiple tools.

A unified platform can help simplify security and compliance management by offering a set of integrated tools that work together to provide comprehensive security and compliance capabilities. For example within IG CloudOps you have security orchestration driven by SlatStack, integrated penetration testing driven by PENtest tools and quarterly security audits to make sure all of this is reviewed and risks highlighted and run through. 

Conclusion

When it comes to managing your AWS environment, you have a choice between a set of tools and a unified cloud management platform.

While both options have their advantages, a unified platform is often the better choice for several reasons. It offers a centralized view of your AWS environment, automated management capabilities, and better security and compliance management.

So to take the first step in implementing unified cloud management take a test drive of IG CloudOps and see what it can do for your business. 

Or if you need an AWS expert then take a look at the full range of AWS services we offer underpinned by IG CloudOps.