What is hybrid cloud computing?
(Hybrid) cloud infrastructure is a composition of two or more distinct cloud infrastructures (private, community, or public) that remain unique entities, but are bound together by standardised or proprietary technology that enables data and application portability. National Institutes for Standards in Technology (NIST) While a Hybrid Cloud can take many forms; in essence it means managing two (or more) disparate cloud environments (say private & public) as one, or having management tools in place that let the two (or more) environments be managed and appear as one single environment. Hybrid cloud uses a mix of on-premises, private cloud together with third-party, public cloud services; with orchestration between multiple platforms thus allowing workloads to move between the various cloud environments as computing needs; thus giving businesses greater flexibility and more deployment options. A cloud is hybrid when; You extend an internal web server (that has “burst...