As Cloud is gaining the prime importance in information technology, it is well predictable that the Hybrid Cloud is the topic to reckon now. For the last few days, mainstream technology blogs and journals carried a special emphasis on Hybrid Cloud. But the basic roadblock in drawing predictions is that many in the business are just moderately familiar with what is Hybrid Cloud?
What is Hybrid Cloud?
As the name implicitly suggests, it is the functional blend of both public and private clouds. A public cloud like Microsoft Azure or AWS will leverage the shared chunks of networking infrastructure, computing and its storage which are rented on a specific time basis for the customers. A private cloud comes with the same components but will be restricted to a single customer. Functionally, there is no much difference between private and public clouds. The only difference is that the private cloud is not shared and perceived to be more secure.
In practice, hybrid cloud amalgamates the best qualities of both private and public clouds. Confidential data which is vulnerable will be stored in private systems and the information which is less sensitive will be run on the remote cloud. This selectivity has pushed the financial and healthcare sectors to gain faith in it.
Why business will rely on it?
The coordination of the Cloud to go hybrid will play a pivotal role in the future of the enterprise-level cloud. The reason being only public domains and front-ends are choosing the public clouds, this looks like a near future now. The legacy workloads which rely on Oracle databases and SAP are not exhibiting expected optimism in migrating to the public cloud. Only the peripheral applications which can sustain lower dormancy in connectivity can be moved to the public cloud. Hence, the hybrid cloud has the capacity to replace them in certain modules by behaving like the public cloud for the general requirement and private for other classified purposes.
What are its Advantages?
1. Performance
When companies operate with large multi-core systems comprising of large memory capacities, you will find that certain project modules require high processing speed. But the companies may not need them forever and the requirement will be limited. So Hybrid Cloud increases the performance of business operations by speeding up the processes which are time-consuming.
2. Insights on online data
IT systems draw a portion of data from external cloud sources to on-premise applications. For example, a Social Media API can be drawn and reported with detailed data analysis. The open data can be leveraged and matched to the healthcare institutions to check the latest tax compliances etc.
3. Secure recovery system
When confidential data is saved in secure remote servers, the data will be accessible only through certain verifications. In case the data in the on-premise applications are corrupted, the backed up data from Remote server serves as a sole and secure recovery option.
4. Optimal resource Utility
When a certain chunk of data is processed in isolated systems, the local resources needed for processing, storing and retrieving that data will come down remarkably. This will bring down the dependent costs of the companies to achieve their business goals.
Hybrid cloud is poised to take the next big leap in ever-changing technology of Cloud data. The soaring buzz on this topic even though seems superficial and naive will subside when the actual transition starts. As the year 2016 seems to be focusing more on tailored data processing, the hybrid cloud is the one which will redefine the way the business goals are achieved.
