Hybrid Cloud Environments

To reap the benefits of hybrid cloud computing, organizations need a solution that can bring consistency to management and operations, dramatically simplifying the task of aligning cloud resources with business and application needs.

With a consistent management experience across all clouds, enterprises can:

• Drive efficiency and agility. A consistent management experience makes it possible to handle different toolsets, platform, security postures and operational silos from a single web interface.
• Accelerate innovation. Consistent hybrid cloud environments allow developers to build applications for one environment rather than many and provide solutions for simplified migration that get IT systems up and running quickly.
• Optimize TCO with flexible pricing models. With the right hybrid cloud solution, IT teams can choose the optimum and most cost-effective mix of public, private and edge cloud resources.
• Align IT skillsets to maintain resources in the cloud. Hybrid cloud environments with consistent management features enable IT teams to work with a familiar toolset improve productivity and mitigate performance issues.
• Enforce security across all IT environments. A consistent hybrid cloud infrastructure makes it easy to enforce policies across all cloud resources, minimizing the attack surface and maintaining visibility and control over data and applications.

Dell Technologies Cloud simplifies management of hybrid cloud infrastructure by providing a single operational hub with a consistent management experience. Built on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Dell Technologies Cloud is a set of infrastructure solutions with flexible and tightly integrated IT and management options —provided by a single vendor —that enable enterprises to take control of their cloud.

Dell Technologies Cloud combines familiar VMware Cloud tools with reliable Dell Technologies hardware to empower organizations to focus on innovation, cut costs, increase productivity and reduce the complexity of managing hybrid cloud environments. 

VCF on VxRail, the Dell Technologies Cloud platform, provides a turnkey solution that represents the simplest path to hybrid cloud and automated infrastructure. With this platform, enterprises can easily run, manage, automate and secure their application portfolio across multiple cloud. Full stack integration means that the hyperconverged infrastructure layer and VMware Cloud software stack are managed as a single, complete, automated hybrid cloud experience. 

This transformational cloud infrastructure eliminates IT silos and reduces sprawl while enabling organizations to run traditional workloads alongside cloud-native, container-based applications. With VCF on VxRail, organizations can:

• Manage hybrid cloud environments from a single web interface, deploying and managing clusters and workloads across hybrid infrastructure.
• Protect data at every layer of the stack to ensure unified security and networking policies are enforced across the organization.
• Rely on automated lifecycle management to quickly and securely update and patch from one known good state to the next.
• Streamline support with a single vendor relationship for support and professional services.

What are hybrid cloud environments?

Hybrid cloud environments are composed of two or more public or private cloud infrastructures that are connected by standardized technology for orchestrating workloads across clouds, enabling cloud resources to work together to manage cloud server, storage and networking resources. 

What is multi-cloud architecture?

A multi-cloud architecture also comprises multiple cloud resources, both public and private. But in contrast to hybrid cloud environments, individual cloud resources are not necessarily connected or orchestrated. 

What is hybrid cloud consistency?

Hybrid cloud consistency refers to the consistent approach to management and operations that hybrid cloud environments can provide. As opposed to multi-cloud environments where each cloud has its own set of tools and processes, a hybrid cloud with a consistent management experience provides a common set of tools, significantly reducing the cost and complexity of managing hybrid cloud environments.