As Hybrid Cloud Computing Matures, Opportunities Abound

Grazed from MidSize Insider. Author: Shawn Drew.

With the industry and its watchers so focused on the public side of cloud computing, it is easy to forget just how powerful and popular hybrid cloud computing deployments are becoming. Midsize businesses are in a position to benefit from utilizing the cloud’s middle ground, but only if IT managers understand all of the options that a hybrid solution makes available to them.

The Growth of Hybrid Cloud Computing

Two new reports focusing on the growth of the hybrid cloud shed some light on this phenomenon. The first report, from the Cloud Industry Forum and covered by TechRadar, found that 78 percent of businesses are using at least one cloud service, while 85 percent are using on-premise servers or data centers. Furthermore, after support for Windows Server 2003 ends next year, the number of businesses using a cloud service will likely jump to 90 percent…


Another report from Technology Business Research, discussed on Network World, found that 20 percent of technology decision makers are currently using two or more cloud services, integrated into a true hybrid solution with the concurrent use of on-premise systems…

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