Master the Cloud Cliff: How Hybrid IT helps companies balance performance, cost, and control

When public cloud services began to catch on rapidly in 2009, many
executives saw the potential for saving money on licensing, support,
hardware, and management.


Others saw opportunities for innovation without the burden of on-premises infrastructure.
Attracted by promises of IT power, flexibility, scalability, and simplicity, many companies considered
or committed to going all-in on the cloud. With this rush to the cloud has come tremendous market
growth: According to Gartner, the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market grew from about $4
billion in 2011 to about $22 billion in 2016.


Many enterprise-level companies are choosing Hybrid IT solutions—when an organization provides
and manages some IT resources in-house but uses cloud-based services for others. Hybrid IT has
become the new normal, with on-site IaaS growing significantly in recent years. In fact, Synergy
Research Group estimated that private and hybrid cloud infrastructure services spending rose 45
percent in 2015.

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