Hybrid Cloud 101: What Business and IT Leaders Need to Know

While one can nitpick the many assumptions and interpretations regarding the exact meaning of “hybrid cloud,” there’s no denying thatthe days of enterprises solely relying on monolithic, isolated private data centers are numbered. What’s less clear is precisely how organizations will weave multiple cloud services into their IT service portfolio and integrate them with existing infrastructure and applications. This report offers some much-needed clarity, covering a survey of the hybrid cloud market, identifying the three major hybrid cloud models, and outlining the business benefits of the hybrid cloud.