Learn How To:

• Improve datacenter security and interoperability with VMware vCloud® Datacenter
• Enable a true hybrid cloud with VMware vCloud Director
• Deliver auditable security and performance with SSAE 16 Type II certifications
• Move workloads seamlessly between public and private clouds

Hybrid Cloud Approach

When you’ve already invested in your own, private infrastructure, a hybrid cloud solution allows you to take advantage of the benefits Infrastructure-as-a-Service has to offer without losing the value you already have in your own, internal datacenters. This whitepaper will help you identify the best hybrid cloud solution for your team; one that works with your exiting tools and techniques to provide the highest total value and return on investment possible using the benefits each datacenter option has to offer.

What is hybrid cloud?

A hybrid cloud strategy is a strategy in which an organization uses both private and public clouds in a combined way to create higher ROI than working with one type of cloud alone. This could also refer to a strategy with multiple public, or multiple private, clouds in use as well.

A common understanding of the term “hybrid cloud” refers to a business connecting their internal datacenter resources with an external cloud or virtual datacenter to achieve its goals. By using a hybrid cloud strategy linking different types of datacenters, users are able to take the benefits of each type of datacenter and have fewer disadvantages by creating more “right-fit” options.

This approach can often help users achieve higher agility and scalability with public cloud while still utilizing in-house resources and systems for stable, predictable workloads.

What is VMware vCloud?

The VMware vCloud Suite is an integrated solution of technologies for building and managing a complete cloud infrastructure. vCloud Suite fulfills the promise of the software-defined datacenter in which infrastructure services are freed from the constraints of specialized hardware and pooled together to meet IT’s most critical needs. Built-in operations management and security help customers maintain standards across private and public clouds.