Hybrid cloud – the future is open source

Grazed from Computing.  Author: John Leonard.

Among respondents to Computing’s recent data centre research programme, the hybrid cloud model is generating a lot of interest. Indeed, moving towards a hybrid model was the aim of 41 per cent of them (see figure 1).

Hybrid cloud implies a close interconnectivity between a private cloud (i.e. a collection of physical and virtual systems used exclusively by one company) and the multi-tenant public cloud services exemplified by Google, Amazon and Microsoft Azure. This seamlessly integrated whole allows data, services and workloads to be moved between public and private clouds at will, with the administrator able to monitor and manage the whole system via a single dashboard…

Got some sensitive data concerning an ongoing contract? Then apply a policy to ensure it doesn’t leave the private cloud. Contract completed? Go to your dashboard and de-classify it; now it’s free to migrate to the public cloud making space for something new. Need some extra resources in the short term for analytics? Burst into the public cloud and pay as you go…

Read more from the source @ http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/2378097/hybrid-cloud-the-future-is-open-source