Hybrid Cloud and the Remote Reality

Why in news ?

As businesses shift priorities to enable remote work, it’s time to rely on an effective multi-cloud, multi-edge, hybrid approach

What is a hybrid cloud?

• Hybrid cloud is an IT infrastructure that combines and unifies public cloud and private cloud services from multiple cloud vendors.
• Hybrid cloud architecture focuses  on the mechanics of transforming portions of a company's on-premises data centre into private cloud infrastructure
• It then connects that infrastructure to public cloud environments hosted off-premises by a public cloud providers such as  Google Cloud Services, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, etc.

What are the benefits of hybrid cloud platform?

• High scalability - With the scope of new additions in existing infrastructure
• Very secure - Giving businesses crucial control over their data and improved security
• High flexibility - Certain types of data can be stored on-premise while allowing less sensitive data to be stored on the cloud
• Greater infrastructure efficiency by strengthening remote work
• Cost and time efficient
• Modernisation of application landscape
• Seamless cross-functional communication
• Overall business acceleration

What parameters need to be assessed in this model?

• Regulatory requirements
• Security compliance
• Stringent latency
• Connectivity issues
• Dependency on internal IT infrastructure
• Managing multiple vendors and platforms

Source: The Hindu Businessline