Key Advantages of Developing a Hybrid Cloud Strategy

The hybrid cloud is more than just a buzzword. It’s an approach to IT that’s gaining in popularity and effectiveness. While many companies still use a dedicated data centre for their business, others are working with a hybrid cloud model that combines on-premises infrastructure with public and private clouds. This model gives businesses more flexibility and control over their information technology (IT) operations—something that can be especially useful if your company is growing rapidly or facing other challenges in its day-to-day operations. In this blog post, we’ll explore some of the key advantages of developing a hybrid cloud strategy for your business.

The Hybrid Cloud Offers Flexibility

You can choose where your data is stored, which applications are hosted in the cloud, and which are hosted on-premises—allowing you to be more flexible with your data and applications.

You’ll Have Access to Different Types of Infrastructure

If you want to access the most innovative, powerful and robust infrastructure solutions in the world – but you also need control over your data – a hybrid cloud strategy is perfect. A hybrid cloud allows you to use public, private, and/or a combination of both clouds. This means that organizations can take advantage of all three types of infrastructure:

• Public Cloud – Scalable, reliable, and on-demand
• Private Cloud – Customized to meet specific needs
• Hybrid Cloud – Combination of both

You’ll Be Able to Access Additional Resources Easily

When you’re using a hybrid cloud strategy, you’ll be able to access additional resources easily.

Let’s say your business is growing and needs more storage space. You can use the cloud to supplement your existing infrastructure by adding additional storage as needed. This can be done without having to invest in more hardware or software upfront, which means more savings for you in the long run.

Or how about if your company needs more processing power? What if there’s an unexpected spike in traffic on one of its websites that causes it to crash? A hybrid-cloud strategy will allow you to add additional processing power when needed so that everything runs smoothly again without having any downtime or outages due to a lack of resources.

And those are just two examples—there are countless ways that adding another layer of hosting services (on top of what already exists) will benefit businesses large and small!

Your IT Costs Will Be Lower

The ability to move workloads from your existing environment to a public cloud can reduce the capital expenses associated with building new infrastructure in a data centre. This is especially true when it comes to adding secondary sites for disaster recovery, as those can be maintained in the public cloud and therefore don’t require additional capital expenditures. Using the cloud instead of hiring more staff or expanding office space also helps control overhead costs, which are often overlooked but nonetheless significant. 

Finally, using cloud-based services may allow you to cut down on energy consumption by offloading computing tasks that were previously being performed locally onto an external provider.

A Hybrid Cloud Is Better for Disaster Recovery Planning

• A hybrid cloud strategy can help avoid single points of failure. If one part of your business is experiencing a disaster, it’s best to have complementary services in another location that can be quickly swapped in to keep operations running smoothly.
• Hybrid clouds can allow you to scale up and down quickly. When times are good, you may want extra computing power so you can focus on other projects while your application runs on its own; when things get busy (or slow), the system will scale down automatically without affecting performance or availability. This is especially useful if you’re using public clouds because they don’t charge by the hour—you only pay for what you use!
• A hybrid cloud enables DR testing in production.

Security Is More Robust in the Hybrid Cloud

The hybrid cloud has many advantages over both public and private clouds, but most importantly, it is more secure than both.

As you may know, the hybrid cloud combines the best of private and public cloud models by utilizing on-premises resources with third-party services. This hybrid structure creates a more secure environment for your data and applications because you have control over the infrastructure while taking advantage of off-site storage and other capabilities. 

Not only does this protect against outages related to natural disasters or technical issues (which can be common in either environment), but it also prevents unauthorized access from within your organization or from people outside who are trying to gain access through an insecure channel like email attachments or open ports on corporate routers.

The key difference between traditional IT systems (which usually means non-cloud) versus the hybrid model is that there’s no need for data centres; instead, organizations can use hosting providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This gives them more flexibility than ever before without sacrificing any security benefits thanks to their advanced firewalls designed specifically for large enterprise customers rather than small businesses where security isn’t quite as important yet still needs adequate protection if they’re using networked computers with sensitive information stored locally on each machine. 

Faster Time to Market for New Applications

Developing a hybrid cloud strategy can help you get new applications up and running faster. When deploying an application, companies often have to decide whether they want to build in-house or buy a solution. A hybrid cloud strategy offers the best of both worlds: if you use it, you can deploy your applications in the most cost-effective way possible, while also building resilience into those same applications by leveraging resources from multiple providers.

Access to a Range of Tools for Product Development and Testing

You can access a range of tools for product development and testing. Tools are available from a variety of providers, allowing you to implement solutions that meet your needs. You can use these tools to test and develop new applications and improve existing ones.

Concluding Thoughts 

If you’re looking for a way to enhance your business, the hybrid cloud could be a good fit. It can give you access to resources that might not otherwise be available, and it helps make sure your business stays secure. If this sounds like something that could benefit your organization, consider getting in touch with an expert, like us, who can help guide you through this process of creating an environment that is right for your company.