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THE HYBRID CL OUD

It was the excited buzz of certainty that something big was
afoot and that they were going to be part of it.
Part of that certainty was a growing understanding that a
new resource has come into being that enables new comput-
ing services and new alignments among computing services.
The hybrid cloud looks like one of those beneficial align-

ments, still a few years off from its ultimate fulfillment, but
coming just the same and opening up a new expansive round
of possibilities that businesses must embrace and act upon if
they want to stay competitive.

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