Shuttering #DellCloudManager, an early piece of #Dell 's move to trusted advisor in public cloud, underscores that the multicloud market has been more hype than reality -- at least so far.
Dell has pulled the plug on a moribund service that was once a central piece of its shift to being a trusted advisor to enterprises adopting public cloud -- though IT shops still seem poised to adopt public cloud brokerage longer-term.
#DellCloudManager, the brokerage service launched two years ago with technology acquired from cloud management provider Enstratius, has quietly been discontinued. Cloud Manager was initially part of Dell's attempt to remain relevant in the public cloud market after backing away from building its own platform, but this move serves as a reminder that the growth of multicloud environments has been slower than expected.
The brokerage service was part of a larger strategy to be a central hub for cloud, with Dell providing a single portal for management, billing and shopping for cloud services. Dell bought #Enstratius in 2013 and was integrating Dell Cloud Manager into its hybrid cloud systems to sell as a stand-alone software package or a software as a service version. But the service never took off and the user base is almost non-existent, currently with fewer than a dozen customers according to an industry source familiar with the product.
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