The hybrid cloud is not a silver bullet

You can't blame these folks. With hybrid clouds, you can leverage both private and public clouds and dynamically choose where processes and data should reside. In fact, many of the cloud research vendors talk about dragging and dropping images, data, and processes from private to public cloud. However it's not that easy.

The problems are the lack of architectural forethought around the business requirements to the innovation requirements, as then as the absence of a clear understanding of the advantages and limitations of the innovation available. Workers involved with these projects get caught up in the hype, feel pressured to get something cloudlike up and running, and hit walls they don't see until it's too late.

Hybrid cloud is needed

If a hybrid cloud is needed, make sure to understand your requirements in the context of the available research. Yes, you can knit it at the same time yourself, however I do not recommend that at this hour.

And remember that there is no silver bullet: Cloud computing platforms and products require that you make some trade-offs. That's fine. Just understand them previously committing.

This article, "The hybrid cloud is not a silver bullet," originally appeared at InfoWorld.com. Read more of David Linthicum's Cloud Computing blog and track the latest developments in cloud computing at InfoWorld.com. For the latest business innovation news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.

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