Hybrid Clouds

There is a new type of cloud that is starting to gain momentum in the enterprise world of the United States. Hybrid clouds are a combination of public and private clouds. They are centered more towards public clouds because that is still cheaper to obtain than a fully functional private cloud. Private clouds were always meant to be a type of hybrid cloud that could reach public cloud resources. Now the public cloud distributors are starting to take over the hybrid game by taking security levels up to protect those using them. It is a slow moving process for these distributors but a process that is on the move nonetheless. I think that these hybrid clouds are just what we have been looking for and are going to pick up faster than anticipated. It is a process that will continually be on going and never finished because these new product/services are always going to be looking for the next advantage in technology and logistics.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2013/10/21/the-embarrassing-truth-about-the-hybrid-cloud/

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