Chapter 2

The Hybrid Cloud Continuum

In This Chapter

Exploring the hybrid cloud

Riding the continuum: From open community to private customer

Combining public and private services

Discovering integration and its requirements

In the real world, there’s no one method of implementing a computing environment, and the same rule applies to cloud computing. The reality is that most companies use a combination of public and private hybrid cloud services in conjunction with their data center. Companies will use different methods, depending on their business requirements, to link and sometimes integrate these services. In this chapter, you take a closer look at what hybrid really means and the types of cloud services that are best suited for which business goals.