By 2017, it is expected that nearly half of large organizations will have hybrid Cloud deployments.

Hybrid cloud is a technology that uses features of both public and private clouds. Sensitive data is retained on the private cloud whereas the shared data is available on a public platform.

In preparation for the IEEE Cloud 2014 event, TechNavio analysts have identified the top 16 solutions providers in the Global Hybrid Cloud Market who are expected to help fuel market growth at a CAGR of over 30 percent for the 2013-2018 period.

Amazon Web Services Inc.

“Amazon Web Services is a leading vendor in the Global Hybrid Cloud market. It offers IaaS and PaaS based on its Amazon web services platform. The company provides the largest pool of public cloud computing capacity for industries with business operations related to simulation, modeling workloads, and some high-performance computing applications. Many enterprises are using Amazon Web Services Direct Connect, which helps to establish private connectivity between Amazon Web Services and the data center, office, or colocation environment, which helps them to reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than internet-based connections.”

Microsoft Corp.

“Microsoft offers IaaS and management capabilities for the private cloud, application virtualization offerings, and a PaaS solution for the public cloud. The company's PaaS offering is Windows Azure, which provides a strong, full-featured platform for developing new cloud applications and migrating existing enterprise applications to the cloud. The company planned to offer Windows Azure platform appliance for on-premise use through several system reseller partners but currently the appliance is in limited production release. The company does not offer cross-cloud interoperability and management capabilities such as offered in VMware vCloud Director and Connector.” 

Rackspace Inc.

“Rackspace provides cloud computing services and manages web-based IT systems for businesses. Its service offering combines hosting on dedicated hardware and multi-tenant systems of virtualized hardware in a way that suits a wide array of end-user requirements. It offers a portfolio of cloud computing services, including dedicated cloud hosting and public cloud hosting. Its dedicated cloud services comprise customer management portals and other management tools for managing the data center, network, hardware devices, and OS software. It also offers cloud servers for computing and cloud files for storage. Some of its other cloud applications include email, collaboration, and file back-ups. The company's hybrid hosting provides hosted computing on dedicated hardware and also on pools of shared resources.”

VMware Inc.

“VMware vCloud Hybrid Service is a secure, hybrid cloud service operated by VMware, built on the trusted foundation of vSphere. The service supports existing workloads and third-party applications as well as new application development, giving IT a common platform to seamlessly extend their data center into the public cloud and remain in control.vCloud Hybrid Service is available in three Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) subscription service types - Dedicated Cloud, Virtual Private Cloud, and Disaster Recovery.”

Atlantic.Net

“Atlantic.Net Hosting Solutions specializes in providing Cloud Servers, Colocation, Dedicated Servers and Virtualization Hosting Services. We own and operate our SSAE 16 (SOC 1) TYPE II (Formerly SAS 70) audited and certified data center infrastructure in Orlando, Florida and are dedicated to implementing tailored hosting solutions that enable you to enjoy the benefits of cost savings. Whether you have already made a substantial investment in your IT infrastructure, or you are simply looking to secure your data at an off-site location, Hybrid Hosting from Atlantic.Net could be the right solution for you. Our vast experience in connectivity, advanced computing, and hosting solutions enables us to provide unique cloud solutions with complex technologies.”

Rogers Communications (BLACKIRON Data ULC)

“Our newest version of the ROGERS_Cloud platform delivers significant enhancements in server packaging, functionality, management and pricing. These reflect the best of what we've learned to date from our many cloud customers and substantial experience as a cloud provider. For example, our latest platform addresses public cloud concerns such as user control and disk performance. This new platform allows more companies to leverage the scalability and cost savings provided by a multi-tenant cloud, with the same control as a private cloud.”

Cisco Systems Inc.

“IT organizations are struggling to keep pace with changes in cloud computing scale, global reach, and analytics. But they must, in order to extract value from the billions of new connections created by the Internet of Everything. No single cloud can address every workload need. Enter Intercloud — a global cloud of clouds — offering an unmatched portfolio of IT services for customers, providers, and partners. With an Intercloud approach, we'll partner with you to match your organization with the right cloud computing strategy.”

DataDirect Networks

“Whether you need to accelerate your data-intensive applications & workflows, or scale performance and capacity for today’s demanding application requirements, DDN is the world leader in performance and scalability.  We provide the fastest single system performance and the most efficient high performance storage solutions that enable you to support today’s unique Big Data patterns, while future-proofing for tomorrow.  With DDN, you can accommodate the entire Big Data lifecycle to achieve the fastest runtimes, collaborate, and distribute data globally with cloud storage infrastructure that’s tightly integrated with file storage for distributed workflows.”

Dell Inc.

“Dell Cloud Manager enables you to deploy and manage enterprise-class applications across your private, public and hybrid clouds. It provides a suite of tools for managing your cloud infrastructure, including the provisioning, management and automation of applications across the leading private and public cloud platforms. Available as software-as-a-service (SaaS) or as on-premises software that enables you to control the cloud from within your own data centers, Cloud Manager provides agility, governance, and choice for your enterprise.”

EMC Corp.

“EMC Cloud Service Providers create new options for extending the capabilities of your cloud. When you connect with Cloud Service Providers; you combine what you do best with what they do best. The result is better IT. EMC Cloud Service Providers use reliable EMC technology and processes to help you deploy infrastructures faster and gain the financial advantage of greater efficiency, control, and choice. Get the best of EMC—EMC Powered Services—from EMC Cloud Service Providers.”

Equinix Inc.

“With its network density and ability to connect to partners and potential customers, Equinix helps you scale your cloud offering, meet customers’ demand for high performance and ultimately grow revenue. The cloud ecosystems in Equinix’s global network of data centers, provide direct access to carrier backbones for optimal performance, and exposure to thousands of potential customers around the globe for revenue generation. Platform Equinix enables rapid deployment, globalization and scale for cloud services. And we deliver the reliable operations, physical security and high-quality service experience you need to satisfy even the most finicky cloud services customers.”

Hewlett-Packard

“HP CloudSystem is the most complete, integrated, open platform that enables enterprises and service providers to build and manage services across private, public and hybrid cloud environments. Based on proven, market leading HP Cloud Service Automation and Converged Infrastructure, HP CloudSystem integrates servers, storage, networking, security and management to automate the application to infrastructure lifecycle for hybrid service delivery management. The result is a complete converged cloud solution that lets you gain agility and speed, and allows service providers to drive top-line growth.”

IBM Corp.

“Businesses are increasingly turning to hybrid cloud solutions to reduce costs and enable more scalable and flexible business processes. Hybrid cloud environments involve complex management challenges. First, organizations struggle to maintain control over the resources that lie outside of their managed IT scope. They also need greater infrastructure visibility to help reduce maintenance costs and ensure that their company data and resources are properly handled and secured. By combining integration technology from IBM WebSphere® Cast Iron® and IBM Tivoli® enterprise management capabilities, organization can create the perfect hybrid cloud solution.”

Oracle Corp.

“Oracle Storage Cloud Service is a secure, scalable, reliable, and on-demand public cloud storage solution. Businesses can access additional storage capacity in minutes with zero hardware investment. The Oracle Storage Cloud Service can be accessed from anywhere, at any time, and from any device connected to the Internet. Oracle Storage Cloud Service provides a high performance, redundant, and highly available storage solution. Scalable and elastic by design, businesses using the Oracle Storage Cloud Service will guarantee that their storage resources will always match their storage needs.”

RightScale

“With RightScale, you can choose among public clouds, private clouds and virtualized environments for your applications. Mix and match infrastructure to meet the business or technical requirements of each application. Place workloads based on security, compliance, cost, availability, or other technical requirements. Learn more about how to support your cloud portfolio with the RightScale Multi-Cloud Platform.”

Verizon Terremark

“Verizon Terremark has the ability to provide hybrid solutions that combine traditional colocation with cloud computing environments and managed hosting. Existing physical devices and private networks can also be integrated into cloud environments as needed. One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to IT infrastructure, and Verizon Terremark’s hybrid capabilities provide customers with access to various levels of support depending on their requirements.”