FactorAccidental HybridDeliberate Hybrid
Workload placementWherever it landed historicallyDecided by compliance, latency, and cost
Security policyDifferent rules in each environmentOne consistent policy everywhere
ManagementSeparate teams, separate toolsUnified operations, single pane of glass
ConnectivityAd hoc, sometimes unsecuredPurpose-built, redundant, secure links
AccountabilityNo one owns cross-environment issuesOne team accountable end to end
Workload typeTypical placement
Core banking / regulated financial dataOn-premise or Private Cloud
Customer-facing web and mobile appsPublic Cloud
ERP and legacy systems with tight latency needsOn-premise
Seasonal or variable-demand workloadsPublic Cloud
Backup and disaster recovery copiesPublic Cloud (offsite)
Analytics and dev/test environmentsPublic Cloud