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Will 2010 Bring "Hybrid Clouds" ?

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 by Matt Hymel

With the battle between on-premise and off-premise infrastructures raging on, many companies have chosen a side and dug in. However, as cloud computing becomes the more popular trend, traditional private resources may have to give in to some sort of off-premise framework.

Given the trend toward cloud computing, the birth of "hybrid clouds" may take over the infrastructure sky, so to say. Corporations have considered this move for reasons ranging from financial to flexibility to control or data security. Although many view the cloud as a good opportunity for a range of management, "corporations have longstanding cultural biases toward keeping core IT assets in-house that are unlikely to change anytime soon," according to Gary Orenstein.

In an article from Gigaom.com, Orenstein analyzes different companies who have provided options regarding the balance of physical on-premise and cloud servers.

Each company should evaluate their own needs, and the hybrid cloud may not be prudent for certain ventures. But from solutions like VMware or Azure, both mentioned in the article, there are several ways that open-source selections can save money or even increase flexibility.

Certainly, cloud technology is just cracking the surface with companies and corporations. It's not a bad idea to hop aboard while the trend is hot.

Hit this link for the full article.

Until next time -

Matt Hymel

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