Cloud computing has turned from a specialized solution into a standard way of working in IT businesses. The biggest question today may be what type of Cloud you need: public, private or hybrid.
Much of the momentum is now rotating around the hybrid. To help you better understand the hybrid cloud, we'll quickly see the differences between the three Cloud types.
1. Public Cloud or Public Cloud
When most listen to Clud (cloud), are considering the public cloud. It initially started with applications hosted over the Internet (Software as a Service) but today's public cloud may include applications, infrastructure or data storage served by a third party vendor. And, it's helpful to think of all three of these as separate.
2. Private Cloud or Private Cloud
To the cynics, the "private cloud" is a lot like what we used to use as data center. The difference is that virtualization, software and automation are used for it organization of an infrastructure such as the public cloud. This of course offers some of the flexibility found in the public cloud, but the big advantage of the Private Cloud is that it gives you more control over security and data privacy.
3. Hybrid Cloud or Hybrid Cloud
It started as a marketing term, and so the definition of the hybrid cloud can vary. Some see it as a parallel space for applications, data, and infrastructure.
For example, you store your data in the private cloud while running your app on the public cloud.
Others see it simply as using multiple cloud services that are orchestrated to collaborate. The key point in this approach is that it is moving away from a monolithic policy that compares the public to the private cloud.
This policy is based on adaptability and the best service approach and that is why it seems to be becoming the most popular Cloud very quickly.
