SwiftShop started with its own —a private room filled with servers they owned and managed. This kept their sensitive customer payment data and proprietary sales algorithms highly secure and under their direct control.
However, every year during Black Friday, their website would crash because their physical servers couldn't handle the sudden surge in shoppers. Buying enough new servers just for one week of high traffic was too expensive and left equipment sitting idle for the rest of the year. The Solution: Building a "Hybrid" Bridge hybrid cloud example
SwiftShop decided to adopt a . They kept their core, sensitive operations on their private, on-premises servers but connected them to a public cloud provider (like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud). Hybrid Cloud Examples, Applications & Use Cases - IBM SwiftShop started with its own —a private room
To understand hybrid cloud, let’s follow the story of a fictional retail company, , as they navigate the challenges of rapid growth and high-security requirements. The Challenge: Growing Pains Buying enough new servers just for one week