From Fragmentation to Clarity: the Power of the Hybrid Cloud
The Public Cloud for innovation speed, and a Private Cloud for control. In theory, this division sounds simple. In practice, organisations often struggle with the differences between both worlds. Applications run across multiple environments, costs are difficult to predict, and security rules vary per platform. Instead of gaining flexibility, the result is often additional complexity.
It can feel as though you must choose between innovation and control. But the real question is not whether you choose a Public Cloud or Private Cloud; it is how you can benefit from both without unnecessarily increasing complexity. A Hybrid Cloud combines the advantages of both clouds, ensuring each application or workload runs in the place that makes the most sense. The key is to make deliberate choices per application environment. Only then can you maintain oversight and prevent unnecessary complexity.
As organisations become increasingly dependent on digital services, the need for speed, scale, and innovation grows. However, they don’t want to sacrifice control and security. The Hybrid Cloud appears to offer the ideal balance, but it requires a consistent way of working with clear agreements, predictable costs, and consistent security.
Order in the Chaos
When you combine multiple clouds, various routes emerge for data and applications. Each environment has its own rules, costs, and security measures. Without central coordination, this inevitably leads to fragmentation and loss of oversight. To prevent this, Solvinity uses an information roundabout, also known as the Cloud Centre of Excellence. This is a central place where all flows from Private Cloud, Public Cloud, and SaaS providers come together in a secure and manageable environment. Just like in traffic, the roundabout defines the rules so everything continues to move smoothly and predictably. This approach keeps a complex cloud landscape manageable.
Rules That Work
Rules alone do not bridge the gap between the Private and Public Cloud. A Public Cloud environment typically operates cloud‑natively. This means that everything surrounding it is based on shared responsibility, pay‑as‑you‑go models, and autonomy for DevOps teams. In a Private Cloud, total control and centralised responsibility apply. That is fundamentally different from the working methods and governance in the Public Cloud. Solvinity brings these worlds closer together by offering the Private Cloud platform in a cloud‑native way, enabling decentralised responsibility. In doing so, the Private and Public Cloud worlds align more closely, reducing and controlling the complexity impact of a hybrid cloud environment.
Predictable Costs
A Hybrid Cloud is not only about technology; it is also a way to keep costs predictable. Costs are often difficult to estimate when workloads shift between environments. With cost insights and FinOps, you maintain oversight and control.
In a Public Cloud, the pay‑as‑you‑go model is common. This provides flexibility but can also lead to unexpected expenses, especially because responsibilities are decentralised: every engineer effectively becomes a ‘purchaser’ of cloud resources.
In a Private Cloud, there is usually a fixed cost model and centralised control over spending. This simplifies budgeting and prevents surprises.
By combining these models in a Hybrid Cloud, you gain financial predictability while maintaining the flexibility of multiple clouds.
Collaboration at the Centre
Success in the cloud is as much about people as it is about technology. DevOps teams need to work quickly and securely, suppliers must be properly integrated, and processes must remain aligned. By placing collaboration at the centre, you can roll out new applications faster and more securely, while continuing to innovate.
Solvinity achieves this by applying a federated cloud operating model, ensuring this collaboration is embedded in cloud services. A federated cloud operating model means you do not organise cloud management entirely centrally or fully decentralised, but instead create a set of autonomous teams working within agreed‑upon central frameworks. Think of uniform governance, security rules, landing zones, and cost control, while teams can still develop, deploy, and manage services themselves within those frameworks. You combine local autonomy with central control and standards.
The result is a model in which teams can innovate rapidly without losing control over security, compliance, and costs.
Continuous Learning and Development
Cloud adoption never ends. New legislation, technology, and threats demand ongoing development. A hybrid cloud approach must therefore remain flexible and able to grow with the organisation. This is only possible through a federated cloud operating model as described in the previous paragraph.
Foundation for Digital Growth
A Hybrid Cloud is far more than the sum of Public and Private. It is a way to harness the best of both worlds and forms a stable foundation for digital growth.
Curious how your organisation can combine clarity and flexibility in the cloud? Get in touch with us.
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