Adopting the Right Strategy for Building a Hybrid Cloud

Cloud adoption brings benefits in the areas of developer productivity, cost, business agility, and innovation. By now, most organizations have some cloud footprint. But every organization is not able to reap maximum rewards from cloud adoption.

As organizations progress on their cloud adoption journey, they realize that each cloud brings its own strengths and weaknesses and some of the applications need to be in their own private data center or in multiple clouds.

With various public cloud providers and computing and delivery models, the cloud seems to bring limitless options when defining architecture. As an IT leader, you can easily get overwhelmed with design options to drive significant rewards from the cloud.

Your business and technical requirements can surely guide you to make design decisions, but with ever-changing needs, unforeseen future demands, and security and control requirements, many organizations choose to go with a bit of both worlds – public and private cloud – and are adopting a hybrid cloud.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics to provide you with an overview of a hybrid cloud, including its benefits and use cases and the key benefits to consider while defining the hybrid cloud strategy for your organization:

• Exploring cloud computing – types and service delivery models
• Defining the hybrid cloud
• Hybrid cloud strategy
• Addressing compliance considerations
• Automating security measures
• Finding the right balance between public and private clouds
• Evaluating available tools and technologies
• Understanding the benefits of hybrid cloud computing