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Cloud computing promises a new world of IT agility. Organizations
often plan an elegant cloud environment that will be easy to maintain. But
business needs often change that plan, and the reality is usually a complex and
dynamic cloud environment that is unwieldy to manage. Hybrid Cloud is our topic of the month, read an
executive summary on the benefits and challenges of the hybrid cloud at page 2,
and get an idea of some software solutions that can support such environment
from different angles, at our glance on players section at page 3.
Hybrid Cloud Computing Overview & Benefits
As we witness high adoption rates for
the public cloud and the private cloud, businesses are turning towards a hybrid
cloud computing solution. Over the last few years security, operational
challenges, performance, and data compliance issues have become a growing
concern while using public cloud services. This is why businesses started
shifting to the private cloud. While the private cloud offered more control and
visibility over business processes, investments and infrastructure management
still remained a concern.
With shrinking IT budgets and rising
business demands, companies are looking for an intermediate model of cloud
computing technology. The hybrid cloud computing solution rightly fits into
this space. Certain applications require more control on data management
solutions, while other applications do not demand such a high level of
protection. By integrating the public cloud with the private cloud, businesses
get the flexibility to isolate sensitive data while still benefiting from the
many advantages offered by the public cloud.
What is hybrid cloud computing?
A hybrid cloud is the combination of public and private
clouds that are customized to suit specific business requirements. You can combine multiple private and public
clouds to suit your needs. In short, a hybrid cloud computing solution strikes
the right balance between scalability, agility, performance, security ,
operational flexibility as well as TCO.
Benefits of hybrid cloud computing
A hybrid cloud offers the following benefits by splitting
business processes so that each process demand goes into the right cloud. Here
are certain benefits offered by a hybrid cloud.
·
Flexible business operations
Every enterprise runs multiple business processes that are
different in nature. While some processes work on critical data, some of them
perform regular day-to-day activities. If a business function does not process
critical data, you can use a public cloud. At the same time, mission critical
functions can use a private cloud. By diversifying business needs, companies
can leverage resources and overcome IT challenges.
·
Optimized costs
Depending on your business processes, you can configure
your hybrid cloud using private and public clouds. As mission critical
processes are comparatively fewer, while other less critical business process
can benefits by the reduced cost and scalable solutions offered by the public cloud.
·
Enhanced security
One of the main
concerns of a public cloud is data integrity and security. Hybrid clouds offer
extra security to your data. By keeping your data out of the public cloud,
companies can add extra security to business processes.
·
Improved performance
By optimizing available resources, businesses can gain a
maximum output from business processes. With highly scalable networks offering
the required agility, companies can improve SLA’s and minimize downtime.
The idea behind
hybrid clouds is that businesses can combine the use of public and private
clouds to take advantage of the scalability and cost-effectiveness offered by
the public cloud computing environment without exposing mission-critical
applications and data to the vulnerabilities associated with the public cloud
option.