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These materials are © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Your Workloads, Your Options In This Chapter ▶ ▶ Looking at the three most popular traditional IT deployment options ▶ ▶ Identifying the difference between virtualization and a private cloud ▶ ▶ Discovering the real versus perceived benefits of the cloud C loud. Does the very word make you cringe a little? Or does it pique your interest as you seek new and innova tive ways to support the needs of your organization? Either reaction is understandable. For years, the term has been used, misused, and abused to a point where, for many people, it's tough to fully understand what it means and how it can really help propel an organization forward. As such, many organiza tions are still 100 percent on‐premises, paralyzed by the mish mash of guidance. At the same time, though, all kinds of companies are screech ing "To the cloud!" while advising other companies to simply dump their existing data centers and throw everything into some cloud provider's environment instead. There is a happy, productive, cost‐effective, and secure middle ground. This middle ground — dubbed hybrid IT — is quickly emerging as the new normal for enterprise IT depart ments. Hybrid IT combines the right mix of traditional IT, private cloud, and public cloud to meet your business and IT goals, so you can integrate new technologies where needed and maintain legacy systems where appropriate. Chapter 1