Although private and public cloud integrations can take many different forms, they must be thorough in order to qualify as hybrid clouds.
When hybrid cloud technology is at its most advanced, it entails building parallel environments that enable seamless application switching between private and public clouds. In other cases, databases may remain in the customer’s data centre and interface with public cloud applications; alternatively, during periods of high demand, virtualized data centre workloads may be duplicated to the cloud. Although private and public cloud integrations can take many different forms, they must be thorough in order to qualify as hybrid clouds.