Hybrid cloud models.
Optimum advice and licensing for today’s needs.

In IT, a hybrid cloud is a platform based on two or more components from public cloud, private cloud and on-premises IT. At VENDOSOFT we speak of a hybrid cloud when we combine Microsoft Cloud services with new or used volume licences. This enables us to achieve the most practicable and cost-effective solution for your company.

The public cloud provides IT services publicly over the Internet. This is done via groups of interconnected servers, known as server farms. These services, such as the Microsoft Office 365 products, can be used by anyone. The public cloud means that companies don’t have to deal with the administration of IT as this is handled by the providers. A private cloud offers companies greater control and security. Here, too, the services are made available via the Internet or an internal network, but only for a clearly defined group of users. Users of a private cloud benefit from the advantages of cloud computing (including scalability, performance, no acquisition costs), but at the same time also from the specific control and customisation options of the private cloud.

Despite its many advantages, a pure cloud architecture does not offer the right licensing for every organization. Software procurement is based on the needs and medium-term orientation of a company. Also on cost specifications. Hybrid cloud solutions – i.e. the combination of cloud and on-premises software – are the more sensible (and significantly cheaper) alternative for many companies. Let VENDOSOFT advise you!

The hybrid cloud guarantees needs-driven licensing. It’s based on the needs of a company, its requirements and possibilities. Simplified example: 50% of the employees work remotely, 50% permanently on the static desktop computer in the office. This is also set to remain so in the medium term. This means that half of the workforce can do without cloud software, which over time is more expensive than one-time purchased on-premises licences. In this case, a hybrid cloud is the optimal and most cost-effective solution.

Deployments of hybrid software architectures are diverse and very individual depending on the company, industry, employee structure and strategic orientation. Therefore, request a comparison based on your requirements. The VENDOSOFT licence experts will show you the advantages of hybrid architectures and will find the optimal and most cost-effective model for you!

Difficult to answer. Microsoft, for example, allows authorised users to access the cloud applications via the company’s intranet or a closed virtual private network (VPN). External access is usually protected by a firewall. It protects individual computers or an entire computer network from unauthorised external access. For the on-premises part of the hybrid cloud, the responsible IT managers ensure protection against cyber-attacks and unwanted access within the company.

If your company switches to cloud services (pure or hybrid cloud), the licences you have been using up to that point are freed up. As a rule, these are worth significantly more than the pure balance sheet value may suggest. Offer to sell your Adobe and Microsoft licences to VENDOSOFT! This streamlines your software asset management and frees up budgets to cover parts of your cloud migration!

Getting started with the hybrid cloud requires a precise analysis and the setting up of a migration plan that is geared to the needs and requirements of your company. The licence strategists from VENDOSOFT are there to advise you!