Hybrid Cloud Applications in the Real World
October 8, 2012
Grazed from DataCenterKnowledge. Author: David Grimes.
It is highly unlikely to find anyone today that doesn’t see cloud computing having an incredibly bright future given the significant cost, agility, and operational advantages it provides to organizations of almost every size and industry. But believing in the power and future of the cloud doesn’t mean IT has to turn its back on more traditional, physical solutions. The smart strategy is one that combines the most advanced products, technologies, and providers to deliver the best solution possible, whether it be physical, virtual or hybrid.
The term “hybrid” is arguably as overused today as “cloud.” For many in the industry, the term is used to discuss the mix or use of both internal and external cloud solutions (public and private cloud by enterprise). However, a less common definition, but arguably a more common implementation, is to describe the use of a mixed architecture including both cloud and a traditional, single-tenant hosted infrastructure…
For a variety of reasons, not everything within an enterprise can move to the cloud immediately. In addition, some applications with performance or licensing concerns may not be fully ready to operate in an exclusively virtual world. Enter “Hybrid Applications”: hosted, physical infrastructure integrated with a cloud or virtualized platform which enables the delivery of enterprise-class managed application services…
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