Cloud anywhere:
Azure for hybrid and multicloud environments
25
04. Regulatory,
isolated, and
disconnected
workloads
Some organizations may require the ability
to either run completely disconnected from
public cloud or store sensitive data only
outside of public cloud. These requirements
can be the result of physical environments
as well, as we will see in the use cases below.
Examples
Meeting isolation requirements
Critical industries, such as finance and
manufacturing, may require that their
systems and applications run in isolation.
Government agencies often desire critical
information to be stored and accessed only
from within the four walls of the agency,
absolutely without being connected to the
internet. These requirements are often a
security measure or a way to comply with
regulatory requirements.
Disconnected computing at the edge
We often see hybrid cloud scenarios in
which systems and processes are isolated
from the internet because of intermittent
connectivity. An easy-to-understand
example involves cruise ships—satellite
connectivity is both expensive and limited,
so moving massive data can be cost-
prohibitive and unreliable. If you want to
be able to deliver first-class experience for
your cruise guests anywhere, you want to
have the same apps on board the cruise
ship whether it is on land or at sea.
