Cmpute works by running within your AWS account and uses restricted IAM role access to manage your AWS infrastructure. You don't have to share your AWS Access and Secret keys in order to use the system. Cmpute also has an advanced algorithm that dynamically and continuously makes the best instance choices optimized for performance, availability and cost without intervention, the company claims.
In a multi=cloud world, customers need to budget, buy and consume differently. Cmpute.io’s team and technology will add new capabilities to Cisco CloudCenter and accelerate delivery of cost-optimization features for customers, Cisco claims.
Of course, we're curious to know: Can partners count on a multi-tenant version of Cmpute? We'll also be watching to see how Cmpute potentially integrates with AppDynamics -- the analytics and application performance monitoring (APM) platform Cisco acquired earlier this year.
Down in the SMB channel, Cisco has been making progress with MSPs. A recent relationship with ConnectWise, announced at Cisco Partner Summit 2017 and reinforced at IT Nation 2017, has attracted interest from scores of partners, ChannelE2E has heard.
Additional insights from Joe Panettieri.