02 October 2013 Posted by Andrew Bohling

Hybrid cloud is rapidly becoming the dominant framework for businesses wanting to connect and manage large and disparate infrastructures.

With so many cloud offerings available, it is common for customers to shop among vendors for solutions that meet their distinct needs. Unfortunately, this can result in infrastructure sprawl, and businesses often struggle to find solutions that bring these environments together.

Earlier this year, Neovise performed research analyzing public, private and hybrid cloud usage. When asked to rate the importance of cloud infrastructures to their current and future IT strategies, respondents rated hybrid cloud as the second most important IT approach behind private cloud.

Vendors are responding to growing demand with a variety of new hybrid solutions. Last month, the industry saw a number of new developments related to hybrid cloud.

  • Cloud Sigma announced the launch of its first hybrid hosting offering with private patching between clouds.
  • Zynstra, a UK-based startup, received $3.8m in funding for its hybrid system that lets customers store data and run applications on-premises and then integrate with any cloud service.
  • Virtustream announced the general availability of xStream 2.2, a hybrid cloud management platform compatible with multiple cloud service providers.
  • Ipanema launched its new Cloud Application Management solution that allows businesses to monitor and manage applications across hybrid environments.
  • NetApp announced plans to develop an enterprise data management solution based on its Data ONTAP offering that would provide a universal data platform across multiple cloud environments.

Vendor lock-in is one of the greatest obstacles standing in the way of hybridization. We see that many new hybrid solutions overcome this by offering connectivity and compatibility with a variety of infrastructures.

To be successful, hybrid solutions should empower customers to build and/or use the infrastructure they want without being tied down to a single provider. As more solutions enter the market, openness and interoperability are emerging as the must-have features for businesses looking to adopt a hybrid framework.

Are you moving to a hybrid cloud model? Have you already made the transition? Leave us a comment and let us know if you’ve encountered problems with interoperability or integration.

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