Hybrid Cloud – Why Does It Matter?

Having understood the different demographics of the cloud and the definition of the hybrid cloud, naturally, the next question one might ask is, why does it matter at all? This chapter is dedicated to answering this one question, and looking at the perspectives and usage scenarios of the different clouds, and we will see why hybrid cloud is the optimal solution in most cases. 

There was a time when public clouds were just taking off and were in fashion, it was like the world was split into two factions. One, we will call the enthusiasts and the other faction, we will call the resistance.

The enthusiasts were predicting the rise of the public cloud and importantly, the complete annihilation of the concept of a private data center. The resistance, on the other hand was resisting this idea, as they loved the traditional mode.

However, at the time it seemed that the enthusiasts were winning, as startups that used the public cloud were innovating at a rapid pace leaving huge enterprises in the dust. It was during this time that I came across the following quote: 

As time passed, it became clearer that in this fight of the public versus private DC/Cloud, in the long run there would be no clear winners but an emergence of a third faction, let us call them Enlightened, which would take the best of both worlds.