Hybrid infrastructure focuses on the foundational infrastructure needed to deploy a digital core. It is an IT infrastructure design and environment made up of a mix of on-premises data centers, private clouds and public clouds. Hybrid IT is important now, because with today's ever-increasing numbers of cloud, network and application services, an organization's infrastructure needs to:

• Respond to current needs/opportunities and equip for a digital future.
• Accommodate the resiliency and flexibility demands of modern IT without compromising performance or security.
• Deliver both legacy and modern applications anywhere they need to do business, globally.