Hybrid Cloud Solutions for Modern Business Infrastructure

  • Authors

    • Noah Wright Data Engineering Lead, SAP, Germany. Author
    • Isabella Moore HR Director, Siemens, Germany. Author

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.67228/30715628/IJMIET-2020PII5B2D

    Published 08-04-2020

  • Hybrid Cloud, Business Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Scalability, Security, Digital Transformation

    Issue

    Vol. 3 No. 2 (2020)

    Section

    Articles

  • Abstract

    The concept of hybrid cloud computing has become a unique trend in the present business infrastructures because it offers scalability of the public cloud services to control and security of private cloud environment. With organizations increasingly striving to go digital, hybrid cloud solutions offer the ability to choose and manage heterogeneous loads, achieve regulatory compliance, and cost-efficiency. The paper will provide a detailed analysis of hybrid cloud architecture, its applicability to the modern enterprise business setting, and its use in facilitating resilience-based scalable and secure business activities. This research paper presents the picture of the development of cloud deployment models, defines the key motivators of the hybrid cloud implementation, and discusses the technological infrastructure that facilitates the process of interoperability of the on-premises and on-cloud systems. A thorough literature review presents the new developments, issues, and best practices in the hybrid cloud deployment. The suggested methodology will describe a stratified hybrid cloud system aimed to serve the enterprise workloads and allocate the resources dynamically, organize the workloads, and implement more sophisticated security procedures. Analytical discussion and experimental practices indicate that hybrid cloud solutions can be effective with regards to enhanced performance, availability and reduced costs in comparison with earlier single-cloud models. The paper is concluded with the highlights of the strategic role of hybrid cloud infrastructures in the contemporary business ecosystems and the research directions in the future with respect to automation, artificial intelligence-based cloud management and sustainable cloud computing.

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