A hybrid cloud combines on-premises infrastructure with public cloud resources.
Examples of Hybrid Cloud Platforms
Several platforms facilitate hybrid cloud environments. Here's a listing of some prominent solutions:
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AWS Outposts: Brings native AWS services, infrastructure, and operating models to virtually any data center, co-location space, or on-premises facility.
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Azure Stack: Extends Azure services and capabilities to your environment, enabling you to build and deploy hybrid applications consistently.
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Azure Arc: A service that extends the Azure control plane to on-premises, edge, and multicloud environments, enabling consistent management and governance.
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Azure VMware Solution: Lets you run VMware workloads natively on Azure, with integrated Azure services and consistent operations.
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Google Anthos: Allows you to manage and deploy applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, using Kubernetes as its foundation.
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI): Provides a software-defined HCI solution that can be deployed on-premises and extended to public clouds.
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Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2): Enables you to run Nutanix workloads on public clouds like AWS and Azure, providing a consistent experience.
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VMware Cloud Foundation: A hybrid cloud platform for managing virtual machines and containerized applications across on-premises and public cloud environments.
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VMware Cloud on AWS: Provides a fully managed VMware software-defined data center running on AWS infrastructure.
