Hybrid cloud solutions: The optimal balance between flexibility and control
Hybrid cloud technology is becoming increasingly popular. With an expected annual growth rate of 20.6%, the market for such solutions is growing rapidly, as it does not make sense to outsource the entire infrastructure to a public cloud for every use case. In some situations, such an approach is even legally impermissible. Experts from the Federal Statistical Office therefore forecast in a study that the market in question will grow to a volume of 262.4 billion by 2027. But how exactly does a hybrid cloud setup help you to operate in a technically flexible, controlled and legally compliant manner? In this article, we shed light on the relevance of the hybrid cloud with regard to the success of cloud computing.
What is a hybrid cloud?
The hybrid cloud combines private and public resources in a single IT environment. These can be seamlessly connected with each other. In this way, you benefit from all the advantages of cloud hosting while retaining control over sensitive data and strictly adhering to system boundaries. Even the most critical applications can be united with the world of cloud technology. According to a study by Flexera, hybrid cloud setups are already trending today with a usage index of 80%. It is therefore the most popular approach for implementing a future-oriented cloud strategy.
Flexibility through scalability
One of the greatest strengths of the hybrid cloud, as with the public cloud, is its scalability. You can distribute resources as required and call them up when they are needed. This prevents limited availability of your applications during peak loads even before they occur. Due to the close coupling to the public cloud, resources from the public pool can be added to hybrid cloud setups at any time, which leads to a significant improvement in the user experience. This is a very important factor, especially for publicly available workloads, e.g. blogs or online stores with connections to internal systems, as the chance of a user bouncing increases by 32% if the loading time increases from 1 to 3 seconds (source: bloggingwizard).
Control of sensitive data
For many companies, the security of sensitive data is an integral part of their cloud concept. Particularly in the healthcare sector or as a financial services provider, there are very strict data protection requirements that could not be met by a public cloud on its own. This is because some data must be stored on site and must not leave the company's own four walls. The hybrid cloud approach enables such companies to store and process sensitive data in the private cloud, while less sensitive processes find their home in the public cloud. In this way, these companies can also develop a digitalization concept that incorporates state-of-the-art technology.
The future of IT infrastructure
The hybrid cloud is already playing an important role today. In the coming years, interest is expected to continue to grow. Thus, the topic will play an increasingly important role in the IT strategy of many companies, as a flexible infrastructure ultimately pays off in terms of technical, financial and organizational flexibility. Only those who can demonstrate flexibility will be able to keep the upper hand in the technological arms race of companies and be able to optimize their own business requirements. Of course, this does not only apply to large enterprises. The cloud has long been an important topic for companies of all sizes. So if you don't want to be left behind, you should be looking into the cloud.
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