# Scaling Managed Services in the Cloud Era

DevFeed: [Scaling Managed Services in the Cloud Era](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/scaling-managed-services-in-the-cloud-era-29814.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/scaling-managed-services-cloud/>)

Author: taylor@goteleport.com (Taylor Wakefield)

Published: 2017-07-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas.md>), [Software as a Service (SaaS)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-as-a-service-saas.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [private cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/private-cloud.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [cloud-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-services.md>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas.md>), [maintenance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintenance.md>), [managed-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/managed-services.md>), [multi-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multi-cloud.md>), [private-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-cloud.md>), [providers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/providers.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [software-as-a-service-saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-as-a-service-saas.md>)

## AI overview

This article examines how the adoption of IaaS and SaaS, including hybrid and private cloud deployments, changes the challenges facing IT departments, application developers, and Managed Service Providers. It highlights trade-offs involving data control, security, service dispersion, procurement tracking, and maintenance, and argues that MSPs must adapt their services to remain relevant.

## Source excerpt

We review the challenges MSPs face in a hybrid, multi-cloud world.