The Ultimate Guide to Hybrid Cloud

2026 · American Edition

Hybrid cloud technology blends public and private cloud environments to offer businesses flexibility, scalability, and enhanced control over their IT infrastructure. This approach enables organizations to optimize resource use, enhance disaster recovery capabilities, and improve security by balancing on-premises data centers with cloud services.

Our collection of recent stories covers a wide spectrum of developments in hybrid cloud, including advancements in AI-powered security, partnerships expanding hybrid cloud capabilities, and new solutions enhancing data management and disaster recovery. Readers can explore expert insights on managing hybrid IT environments, cloud migration strategies, cost optimization, and overcoming security challenges associated with hybrid deployments.

Whether you are an IT professional looking to stay informed on the latest hybrid cloud innovations or a business leader aiming to harness the benefits of hybrid architectures, these stories offer valuable perspectives on the evolving hybrid cloud landscape and practical guidance for successful adoption.

American Hybrid Cloud news
Analyst Insights
Rubrik launches Google Cloud tools for AI governance
Gartner · Hybrid Cloud · Storage
Last week
Check Point tops Miercom hybrid mesh security benchmark
Miercom · Hybrid Cloud · Firewalls
Last week
Gigamon eyes AI-led surge in network observability
IDC · Hybrid Cloud · Virtualisation
This month
Boomi named leader in IDC MarketScape API management
IDC MarketScape · Hybrid Cloud · Data Protection
Last month
Survey finds organisations struggle to secure unstructured data
Gartner · Hybrid Cloud · Data Protection
Last month
Expert columns
Why the next phase of AI adoption will be determined less by models and more by data foundations
By Will LaForest of Confluent
This month
Why AI-powered security needs network telemetry across the hybrid cloud
By Ryan Mahoney of Gigamon
Last month
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
By OpenSearch
Last month
HPE complete care service: Refocused for your AI advantage
By Mark Bakker of HPE Operations
Last month
Why digital identity is the new perimeter in a zero-trust world
By Jeremy Blackburn of ChainIT
Last month
No compromise: Designing AI operations for sovereignty and reliability
By Shankar Gomathi of OpenText
Fri, 27th Feb 2026
SonicWall unifies NSM for future-ready security ops
By Amelia Foss of SonicWall
Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Preparing campus and branch networks for AI demand
By Dimitri Polydorou of Cisco
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
AI surge exposes cloud security gaps, report warns
By Vincent Hwang of Fortinet
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
2026: Resilience, the new foundation of cybersecurity
By Matthieu Trivier of Semperis
Thu, 15th Jan 2026
Redefining resilience: Aligning virtualization and data protection for the edge era
By Craig Theriac of Scale Computing
Fri, 21st Nov 2025
Meet credential auditor: Take control of credential sprawl with automated discovery and dontrol
By Asif Mujtaba of SonicWall
Fri, 21st Nov 2025
How the Pentagon deploys AI to battlefields - and what enterprises can learn
By Matthew Archuleta
Wed, 19th Nov 2025
Three hidden risks in your AI stack and what to do about them
By Dmitri Chen of Wiz
Tue, 18th Nov 2025
Organisations are progressively adopting Network Convergence to drive efficiency and User Experience
By Kyle Wickert of AlgoSec
Tue, 18th Nov 2025
Interviews
Exclusive: Grafana Lab's Jen Villa on targeting the AI observability gap
Discussing Unified Communications
Last week
TrendAI: Evolving the cybersecurity value proposition
Discussing Hackers
This month
Elastic says AI search & context now decide customer loyalty
Discussing Big Data
Last month
The hidden data costs threatening enterprise AI plans
Discussing Storage
Last month
Smart Communications pursues trusted AI for customers
Discussing Government
Last month
Recent news
DE-CIX boosts Dallas-Mexico backbone as traffic surges
About Cloud Services
Last month
Palantir and Rackspace team up on governed AI cloud
About Cloud Services
Fri, 20th Feb 2026
CodeHunter pushes behavioural malware checks upstream
About Threat intelligence
Thu, 12th Feb 2026
AI tool targets hospital revenue lost to claim errors
About Business Intelligence
Sat, 31st Jan 2026
Zadara & Alerify launch sovereign private AI cloud
About Cloud Services
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
Selector gains eight US patents for AI-driven observability
About Network Infrastructure
Wed, 21st Jan 2026
SIOS sets 2026 vision for clustering in hybrid AI IT
About Software Updates
Fri, 16th Jan 2026
Concentric AI adds AWS GovCloud support for data security
About Data Protection
Thu, 15th Jan 2026
SandboxAQ wins FedRAMP Ready for AQtive Guard
About Enterprise security
Fri, 19th Dec 2025
AppViewX unveils AI tools for 47-day SSL certificate era
About Firewalls
Wed, 17th Dec 2025
Redefining resilience: Aligning virtualization and data protection for the edge era
About Cloud Services
Fri, 21st Nov 2025
How the Pentagon deploys AI to battlefields - and what enterprises can learn
About Machine learning
Wed, 19th Nov 2025
Organisations are progressively adopting Network Convergence to drive efficiency and User Experience
About Collaboration
Tue, 18th Nov 2025
Gigamon boosts GigaVUE platform for quantum-safe encryption
About Cloud Services
Fri, 14th Nov 2025
Fortinet unveils Secure AI Data Centre to boost AI security & speed
About Cloud Services
Thu, 6th Nov 2025
Vail adopts agentic AI to boost safety, efficiency & sustainability
About Sustainability
Thu, 30th Oct 2025
Datadog expands OCI support with GPU, cost & SIEM features
About Cloud Services
Fri, 17th Oct 2025
Alluxio delivers sub-millisecond AI data platform & 50% growth
About Storage
Fri, 29th Aug 2025
SandboxAQ launches AQtive Guard Protect for machine credentials
About Chief Information Security Officer
Fri, 1st Aug 2025
Kindo triples enterprise adoption & unveils Deep Hat AI model
About DevOps
Thu, 31st Jul 2025
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