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Steadfast, a Colohouse Company, Cloud Services can be custom-built as hybrid cloud environments that combine and orchestrate two or more platforms, including on-premise infrastructure, VMware vClouds and/or third-party, public cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure®.
The idea behind hybrid cloud solutions is simple: Combine your on-premise infrastructure or private cloud with public cloud services to maximize IT utility.
Why? Because private and public clouds excel in different areas — while private offerings provide superior control and security, public clouds are often easier to scale-up on demand and may come with lower costs. While debate rages over which cloud is “best,” the truth is that most business don’t fall into one camp or the other. Some critical data may require private cloud protections, while other apps are better suited to the public cloud.
Hybrid cloud services let your company find a middle ground that works best for your IT environment instead of forcing an either/or choice that limits overall utility.
Going hybrid is one of the simplest ways to move to the cloud gradually and modernize your IT environments at the same time. The result is hybrid solutions offer advantages to all businesses regardless of size, industry or market vertical.
Need to secure critical data? Combine local stacks with private cloud controls. Require an e-commerce backbone that scales up on demand? Leverage our public cloud servers to provide the resources you need, when you need them. Want to keep existing hardware but don’t have the space? Our colocation services let you leverage best-in-class physical security and network connectivity without compromising server control.
Infrastructure decisions are influenced by a complex range of technical and business considerations — hosted dedicated servers, on-premises hardware, colocated servers, private clouds and public clouds offer specific business and infrastructure solutions.
The result? Companies are reluctant to abandon the local infrastructure they’ve spent so much time and effort creating, even to access potential cloud benefits. Hybrid cloud hosting makes it possible to combine what you have with what you want to harmonize infrastructure availability and security. Consider the case of high-demand, public-facing applications that store critical consumer information. With Steadfast, you’ve got access to scalable public clouds to handle application demand and secure private options to safeguard customer data.
Other key benefits of hybrid hosting solutions include:
Colohouse Cloud Services can be built as hybrid environments that empower organizations to deploy the “right” infrastructure, and if necessary, gain best of both worlds — put your high-availability applications in our scalable public cloud and leave your confidential data storage in our secure private cloud or dedicated VMware servers, on-site or colocated within one of our world-class data centers.
If you don’t have the expertise or time to figure out your cloud hosting environment, let Colohouse worry about it! Request a complimentary cloud consultation with our cloud engineers today, and we will help you understand the benefits of splitting your IT infrastructure into different environments in order to maximize productivity and minimize your IT overhead. We will plan the perfect cloud environment for your company while still giving you the control you need to run and grow your business.
Read our Cloud Blog "Hybrid Cloud Architecture: The Foundation of Small to Medium Enterprise Business Success" or visit the Steadfast Blog for additional stories.
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