Will data centers will go away as the public cloud grows like crazy? No. Both are growing to keep up with the booming economy. But getting them to work and play well together will be a challenge.

You may also recall the hybrid cloud, which was a paired private cloud and public cloud. Most in the tech field now consider hybrid cloud out of date, and instead push the concept of “hybrid IT.” You can think of that as a private cloud (really, data center) connected with anything that’s in the public cloud.

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Today, you need to build fluidity of data sources between systems in the data center and systems in the public cloud. You also need common management and governance tools across the public cloud and on-premises systems. And you need common security, governance, and operations so you can innovate, deploy, and manage on all platforms.

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