Hybrid cloud is a logical middle-ground between having all services on-premises and offloading computing to the cloud. This two-pronged hybrid approach where companies store data on both on-premises and cloud arose from the realization of companies that they need a variety of different cloud services to meet a variety of customer needs.

Private vs public vs hybrid cloud:

Before cloud, companies would buy their own infrastructure: physical servers, storage, networking and set them up. This company owned infrastructure is a private cloud (also known as on-premises infrastructure). Having a private cloud meant that somebody within the company had to manage this infrastructure for maintenance, updates, fixing and replacing components etc. This physical infrastructure and its maintenance cost a lot of money and time for the company.

Then came the cloud, which essentially means somebody else (Amazon, Microsoft) bought all the servers, routers, switches etc. and set up the physical infrastructure and they are allowing you to access it and use it to run your applications.

A hybrid cloud is not a different cloud altogether, its just that both the private and the public clouds work together to meet the organization needs. This allows to switch between different delivery models based on security and scalability requirements.  Hybrid clouds also gives on-demand scalability (up and down) without the hardware investment making the company more agile.

Consider an application that must respond to scaling customer demand, holiday fluctuations or is rolling out a new mobile application; there is going to be a certain level of uncertainty for the demand the company is going to have. This component makes perfect sense to move to the elastic infrastructure of the hybrid cloud, i.e., cloud bursting.

Companies mired in migration paralysis are being left behind. The top two barriers to hybrid cloud adoption are:

• Complexity of migration process
• Security concerns

But, when opting for a phased approach, these worries become unfounded. Companies taking a hybrid approach to cloud report an improvement in security, flexibility and see a faster sales cycle. If configured properly, hybrid cloud can help with business continuity and disaster recovery.

Benefits of going hybrid

Best of both worlds:
A hybrid solution which combines the best aspect of both worlds, i.e. private and public clouds.

Better control:
The control of what runs where is better enhanced by the hybrid cloud. For example, using private cloud for security sensitive applications and public cloud for applications that have high traffic volumes but are not that security sensitive.

Cost effective
With the hybrid cloud, the only time needed to use the public cloud resources is when there is a sudden spike in demand. You burst through to the public cloud to use that additional computing provided by the public cloud. When the demand subsides, just scale down to the private cloud!

Taking advantage of existing infrastructure
Very often when a company is running a workload on-premises and decides to migrate to cloud, the existing hardware, which the company bought and paid for, just sits idle because it no longer has a workload to run. But with the hybrid cloud, on-premises resources are still utilized as they are combined with the resources that reside in the public cloud. This compelling benefit allows the companies to continue to still use that hardware that exists within their data center.

Flexibility
With the hybrid cloud, you are free to host the workloads and data in the location that makes the most sense based on factors such as cost, compliance requirements and workload logistics.

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What you need to know when going for a hybrid cloud solution

Before going hybrid you needs to fully understand that hybrid doesn’t provide all the cloud benefits available for companies adopting the cloud-first strategy. However, there are still many benefits of going hybrid. It is important for CSPs to understand that hybrid is a “transition to cloud” approach and thus, they can eventually get their business landed in the Cloud!

Here are a few reasons why hybrid fits best for CSP business:

• Easy Disaster Recovery

In modern times, disaster recovery is an important aspect which every business must throw light to. Since Hybrid provides cloud benefits too, organizations can take the advantage of cloud storage that can be beneficial in case of a disaster. The organization’s mission critical applications and sensitive data can be backed up in the cloud and the best part is: you can pay for what you use!

• Flexibility

Hybrid cloud allows for flexibly so your organization can keep what is needed in the on-perm setup and pay for what is needed from the cloud. This transition can also lead up to adopt the cloud-first strategy for your company eventually.

• Innovative solutions

The cloud has provided a huge platform for innovation with security. With hybrid deployments, you can leverage the benefits of cloud innovation. One example is cloud bursting. Companies can run their solutions or apps in their data centers; however, if there is a need for it, they can burst the app into public cloud. Apps that handle non-sensitive information can be used like that.

• Cost–effective management

Going hybrid brings more ease of administration. Not only the tasks are easily managed (while no data centers being monitored at all times), they are also done with a reduced cost.

It’s time to take a stand

Hybrid solutions provide a combination of public and private environments to make the companies get the best of both the worlds. This maximizes productivity of the business and thus gives you all the time you need to get used to the cloud based environment before jumping to the cloud.

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MachPanel Automation module for CSPs

MachPanel is a full-fledge business automation system. The user friendly portal is a must have for every business. MachPanel assists CSPs to manage entire lifecycle of their cloud business. It provides automation for Microsoft O365 & Azure. With MachPanel, you can easily Showcase Bundle & Sell all the integrated offers offered by your cloud business. With this module, you can Go the extra mile with Automation and make O365 Reselling hassle-free.

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Hybrid Cloud technology is continuously evolving based on requirements form Cloud Providers. Organization opt for hybrid nowadays because of a lot of reasons, the foremost being taking advantage of the Cloud along with keeping on-premises technology intact. The mix often leads to a better flexible solution makes it feasible to meet regulatory requirements. 

Microsoft has decades of enterprise experiences and hence Microsoft understands Hybrid reality quite deeply. CSPs approach Microsoft technologies in order to seek a solution and cloud platform that serves their purpose of consistency in the whole environment. Hence, CSPs take advantage from Azure: a consistent Hybrid Cloud Solution with best capabilities for identity, data, management, applications and security.

Azure gives more power to hybrid cloud strategies

Most Fortune companies opt for Azure as their Hybrid enabler. In fact, almost all companies have been successful in innovating and achieve great business outcomes. With improved network security and easier deployment, Microsoft Azure Cloud has strategically moved applications and hence businesses to better time-to-market gains.

Continuous hybrid cloud innovation

With Azure Stack, core services are brought to on-premises datacenters for companies who wish to utilize Hybrid capabilities of Microsoft Azure. With this, it gets easier for developers to access single platform for development, testing and deploying hybrid. The best thing about hybrid is that it keeps the data confined within the company and does not require Data to be shifted anywhere.  Azure also empowers companies to costly regulate customers ever changing requirements.

Consistent Hybrid Data platform

With Azure Cloud, developers do not have to worry about data services. The general availability of Azure SQL Database Managed Instance makes organizations able to move data workloads to cloud and back. It works with no matter which data manipulating application is it MySQL, SQL, PostgreSQL or NoSQL.

Future powered intelligent edge and cloud

There is nothing more satisfying for companies to stay ahead of the curve without compromising data-oriented aspects. Hence Hybrid Cloud is promising for Leading IT companies. A lot of principles and patterns that are used to build hybrid are used to build edge applications. The next era is of intelligent Cloud.  Azure provides a gateway to businesses to accomplish intelligent cloud of future.

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MachPanel – the cloud Automation solution for Microsoft Services

MachPanel is a Microsoft Accredited Multi-Cloud Service Orchestration & Delivery Platform (MSOP). It is trusted by CSPs all over the world. It provides Business automation and managing end-to-end lifecycle. MachPanel is best for Providers, Retailers and Active Directory Users. Not only it has a user-friendly approach towards management, it also provides a complete SaaS solution and IaaS Solutions. With a Hybrid Marketplace which is scalable and secure, you can showcase, bundle and sell your Microsoft Offerings. It provides Detailed Management and Reporting of Office 365 Direct Tenants.

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Infrastructure that is not related to cloud is also expanding, though. According to predictions, private cloud data centers are expected to grow at five-year compound annual growth rate of 11%. However, private and hybrid cloud are gaining pace in terms of growth exactly as predicted . All major public cloud IaaS providers are clarifying their strategy related to hybrid cloud and hence 2018 is becoming the year of adoption because much of the vendors are coming to hybrid.

Major hybrid efforts from Tech Giants

One of the biggest contributions in this space is from Microsoft with the introduction of Azure Stack. Not only it Azure Stack a mirror of public cloud Azure launched earlier, it also gives the benefits of a private cloud space, making it a great hybrid choice for vendors today. Other contributions from the cloud providers include Amazon Web services, which have made partnerships with Silicon Valley’s virtualization giant, VMWare, in order to provide hybrid cloud space. Furthermore, Google has also partnered with VMWare and Nutanix and equipped Google Cloud Platform with hybrid capabilities. On the other hand, Oracle and IBM are quite experienced in this regard and have their in-house hybrid offerings.

Organizations are now getting more awareness on what public clouds are better used for and what they shouldn’t be used for. Nevertheless, the need for private data cloud arises, which is not easy to build all of a sudden. The year 2018 is, in this regard, be labeled as the adoption of hybrid trend.  This trend is also making app developers create new and fast paced innovative business value making it a trend of business growth.

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MachPanel caters your cloud business needs

For better business performance, a decent provider which ensures the availability of services in a cost effective manner always proves beneficial. MachPanel is just exactly that. It is a Multi-Cloud Service Orchestration and Delivery Platform.  It is globally trusted by leading Service Providers. It provides easy automation and ensures basic management of entire lifecycle that’s related to end-to-end Service delivery. It provides a Hybrid Cloud Marketplace with state-of-the-art features that include scalability and security, MachPanel is a complete automation Platform for Microsoft CSPs, Exchange server, SharePoint.

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Azure comprises of Infrastructure and application services. There is no denying the fact that Azure is Microsoft most promising platform for the evolution of cloud. Not only it has a competitive edge, the robustness of this platform has the potential to even divert the cloud industry with its new trends. However, Microsoft still faces issues in making most of tis apps optimal for the cloud. Nevertheless, this barrier makes Azure a great hybrid platform. It blends on-premises and off-premises which allows workload mobility, making things flexible for the businesses.

Evolution of cloud for business benefits

Business, especially CSPs, need to keep them updated of the growing trends in the cloud. Gone are the days when companies asked the question: “Cloud or no cloud?” Hybrid is the answer to this and companies are shifting towards the cloud and hybrid solutions in big numbers each year. Following are a few emerging trends that will evolve the cloud industry in future:

1. Industry-specific Clouds:

These cloud are supposed to emerge industrial markets. These clouds are uniquely trained for domain specific needs. Industries like Healthcare, oil and gas shall have their own specific clouds for a better development of the industry as cloud technology further evolves.

1. Private Clouds

The trend for private clouds has already started and it is one of the best types of computing this industry has to offer. It has a fixed architecture with room for scalability and depends on self-service. It is excellent for security needs of corporate industry.

1. Hybrid with Abstraction

With flexibility and policy-driven deployment the main advantages of hybrid, the main benefit of future clouds is going to be abstraction layer for the software and apps in the cloud. This will enable new software support and services that take businesses towards growth along with their amended data implementation options.

The three Heavyweights of Cloud

Right now, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM are the three big IT vendors in the cloud industry. Google is, however, making efforts to fall in the top three. The top three have the potential to reshape the cloud industry in near future. Multi-cloud environments will emerge as powerful solutions that emerge on the frontline. Within the cloud space, a total end-to-end management of “digital estates” will get possible. A broad variety of cloud-based tools will be available for businesses to cater their business needs.

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MachPanel – A promising CSP Tool

MachPanel is a diverse CSP tool where there is all you can imagine for cloud hosting. With added functionality of Billing and support, excellent reporting and management on the end of clients, MachPanel makes you able to provide excellent service with just a few clicks. MachPanel Automation Module for Microsoft SharePoint caters for your hybrid needs and is also capable to manage and deploy a whole turnkey solution into your organization. It’s a multi-tenant hosting control panel and a Multi-Cloud Service Orchestration Platform. It is a robust solution for the management of multi-tiered end-to-end service delivery. MachPanel is a promising Control Panel of today and in the future of cloud industry.

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Content management is the core of every business. There is a dire need to have a content management system through which the creation, sharing, collaboration and storage of content can be centralized. A full fledge content management system is required to manage the above mentioned functionalities. However, there is no point having a cloud service if it can’t be handled smartly. Most of the times Hybrid is a more feasible solution for business today because of the innumerable benefits like:

1. Apps can be kept on-premises and when they are needed, they can be accessed from app launcher
2. The sensitive data can reside on-premises and need not be sent up to the cloud for storage. It can later be searched through hybrid taxonomy and a unified search
3. Content security is ensure by authenticating users accessing form different locations through a multi-factor authentication system
4. Collaboration gets effective by using business to business sites through extranets.

SharePoint Online and SharePoint server (On Premises) fulfill the essence of going hybrid.

SharePoint Online vs SharePoint Server (On Premises)

With SharePoint Online, services are offered as a SaaS model. Disaster recovery is handled by Microsoft Data Centers. There are annual subscriptions and Pay as you go model. Customizations are limited. In case of SharePoint Server, the whole system resides within the corporate network. Going hybrid with SharePoint hybrid model gives you the best of both the worlds.

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The Hybrid Model

With the hybrid SharePoint option, you need not get concerned for the scalability and security of systems; Microsoft takes care of that. Going hybrid combats Shadow IT making the environment securer. This way, the data and other content specific to business remains with you and is not sent to O365 (SP online). This is more important for companies who don’t want to share their data with a third party cloud providers due to its sensitive nature, or other legal terms. In such cases, Hybrid model is the solution. With its intelligent intranet and cool features of OneDrive, the collaboration and storage is not a problem anymore.

Hybrid federated search is a convenient way to implement, if multiple users are working in the same environment. The results are fetched from the index from the SharePoint Server and from the search index in Microsoft Office 365. The search Center displays search items in two different result blocks resulting in two different ranks being displayed to the user.

The MachSol way

MachPanel Automation Module for Microsoft SharePoint is the most trusted hosted solution on the cloud. The setup of infrastructure on premises is simplified by experts. There is no need to be concerned about the growth of the system as the business continues to grow. With MachPanel, your services to customers can never be down as it ensures maximum uptime. MachPanel SharePoint makes the hassle of cloud computing smooth and easy.

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The two tiers

Microsoft has introduced its reselling into two tier models. In Tier 1 model, you partner directly with Microsoft to gain access to its products and services and resell them to your clients, like resell Microsoft Azure and Office 365 Packages. In case of Tier2, the services and products of Microsoft are distributed by whole sellers and Distributors and through other sellers. These distributors are Partners with Microsoft and also work as a middle man. They deal with Microsoft at one end and give their services like Microsoft Office 365 and Azure to thousands of 2 – tier resellers at other end. There are a limited number of authorized distributors by Microsoft around the world. The tier 1 sellers however get a chance to be engaged with their customers at a deeper level and make more profit out of it. Not only you will be able to add value to customer’s customized solutions, you will also be able to provide managed services upon customer’s demand.

Challenges in reselling Microsoft Azure and Office 365

Tier 1 CSP Partners have to take care of a number of challenges and certain requirements. All of them revolve around the increasing business demands of today by consumers. Some of the basic challenges are:

1. The availability of salesforce flow in the cloud where user centric business processes are deployed without any development to increase agility
2. A proper integration with Storefront where consumers would showcase their brands and other products. AI based suggestions customized for each customer is the next trend in the cloud marketplace as provided in Microsoft Azure.
3. Increasing E-commerce requirements where there is a need to provide Predictive Intelligence and a personalized shopping experience as per the growing demand from consumers.
4. A seamless support system on which consumers can rely on is a basic requirement of every tier 1 CSP.
5. A decent customer management system is necessary to take care of the Operation Management Suite (OMS) requirements for hybrid cloud.
6. An all-in-one Billing system and invoicing management system is necessary to make managing of recurring billing and subscriptions seamless as handled in Office 365 Packages.
7. Reports and Analytics are an integral part of any CSP. A reliable system that caters this requirement and provides easy method to create on demand Reports with just a few clicks is a basic requirement.
8. Many a times, Third Parties have to integrate their modules into the system. So a reliable API integration method needs to exist which can take care of the third party tools and plugins in order to work seamlessly with in-house systems.

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To all these major challenges, MachPanel offers a complete solution. Not only there is a built-in Marketplace to showcase the products, there is a robust reporting and Analytics system that has been developed keeping the current needs of reporting in mind. Billing and invoices are managed with its automatic subscription and recurring billing options. All this is present in one neat interface where there is less hassle and with just a few simple steps it makes the challenge of selling seats quite easy along with running a smooth automated system as a CSP tier 1 partner.

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