One of the more hyped use-case examples for hybrid cloud is cloud bursting. And why not? It’s truly the have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too scenario. During normal business operations, your systems run in-house on private cloud infrastructure, and during unforeseen or unpredictable peaks, your services burst to excess capacity at your public cloud provider(s) of choice. It’s IT utopia, right? It’s the comfort of maintaining your own systems with the insurance of endless available capacity for the unknown. To see the full post visit: http://www.networkcomputing.com/private-cloud/232300065.
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