Even though cloud computing has been around for quite some time, it is still considered a new frontier for some organizations. Many companies are dabbling in private clouds or have some non-essential data stored in public clouds, but others are still waiting for the right combination to meet their needs. For that reason, interest is growing in hybrid cloud approaches that are designed to combine the best of both worlds for organizations that can’t rely primarily on only a private or public cloud environment.
The key to knowing whether or not you have a true hybrid solution is to make sure that those private and public environments are connected and can interact with each other.