The Ultimate Guide to Hybrid Cloud
A curated American edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Hybrid Cloud.
What to know about Hybrid Cloud
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
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Hitachi Vantara's Norman site named WEF Lighthouse
AI-led changes at the Oklahoma storage plant cut order-to-shipment lead times by 77% and halved inventory, earning WEF recognition.
1Kosmos expands Microsoft Entra Verified ID partnership
Remote hiring checks could become tougher to fake as 1Kosmos ties biometric identity proofing to Microsoft Entra Verified ID for account access.
Rackspace & Palantir launch sovereign AI framework
Regulated industries may get a safer route to production AI as the tie-up offers tighter control over data, governance and deployment.
Permiso launches risk score engine for identity security
Security teams gain a way to prioritise compromised accounts, with Permiso's new engine scoring human, machine and AI identities on a 0-to-100 scale.
Gemini Enterprise wins top AI agents rating for universities
The top ranking signals growing demand for university AI that can manage sensitive data, automate admin work and scale across campus systems.
Airbyte adds action-taking AI agents to OpenAI marketplace
Businesses can now let AI agents update Salesforce records and run tasks through Airbyte's new OpenAI Marketplace listing.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Hybrid Cloud
IDC survey flags networking bottlenecks for agentic AI
Permiso launches risk score engine for identity security
Citrix adds MCP Gateway to NetScaler for AI traffic
Financial services breach risk rises as AI adoption surges
Google tops Gartner's AI infrastructure magic quadrant
Featured News
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
Storage to strategy: Everpure pivots to data intelligence
Enterprises wrestling with AI readiness and data sovereignty may gain clearer governance as Everpure adds a new intelligence layer.
Exclusive: Denodo's Dominic Sartorio on perfect data vs the right data
Trust in enterprise AI is being undermined as Denodo research finds most firms still lack live, context-aware data for production use.
Exclusive: Grafana Lab's Jen Villa on targeting the AI observability gap
The new tools aim to help firms spot faulty AI outputs and data risks sooner as production deployments outpace monitoring methods.
Expert Columns
2026 security trends mid-year check-in: What's accelerating, what's stalling, and what comes next
Security teams are collecting more video than ever, but most of it still goes unused
How data centres make the FIFA World Cup possible
Virtual vs. physical firewalls: A practical guide for modern networks
The Death of the Firewall
Why trust is the bottleneck for AI-driven operations
Why the next phase of AI adoption will be determined less by models and more by data foundations
Why AI-powered security needs network telemetry across the hybrid cloud
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
HPE complete care service: Refocused for your AI advantage
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Storage to strategy: Everpure pivots to data intelligence
Exclusive: Denodo's Dominic Sartorio on perfect data vs the right data
Exclusive: Grafana Lab's Jen Villa on targeting the AI observability gap
TrendAI: Evolving the cybersecurity value proposition
Recent Hybrid Cloud News
StorONE version 4.0 lets active arrays power tiering
Existing flash arrays can now be reused for tiering, as StorONE aims to cut reliance on scarce new hardware and lower storage costs.
Oklahoma insurer cuts disaster recovery to under an hour
Severe weather can now interrupt claims less often, as the insurer's critical systems were restored in tests in just under an hour.
AWS launches Secret-West cloud for defence contractors
Cleared suppliers can now build and test sensitive software closer to government systems, as AWS opens a Secret-level region for defence work.
OpenMatter launches verifiable AI collaboration platform
Companies under pressure to govern AI and share sensitive data could use proof-based controls without replacing existing cloud systems.
Google Cloud expands Spanner for AI & multi-model data
Businesses can now run transactional, graph and vector workloads together as Google broadens Spanner for AI applications across clouds and on-premises.
Palantir & NVIDIA launch air-gapped AI for agencies
U.S. agencies can now train and keep control of AI models on isolated systems, with Palantir and NVIDIA targeting sensitive government work.
Myriad360 named HPE Networking Partner of the Year
The award strengthens Myriad360's standing as enterprises seek fewer suppliers for networking, security and artificial intelligence projects.
NeuBird AI expands ops agent to VPC & air-gapped use
The update should ease compliance concerns for regulated firms by keeping incident data inside customer environments, including air-gapped sites.
Everpure launches Data Stream for enterprise AI data
The launch targets firms struggling to keep AI projects fed with clean, unified data as fragmented storage can leave GPUs idle.
StorONE & Myota launch secure enterprise S3 system
The system is aimed at enterprises seeking S3-compatible storage that cuts flash use, lowers cloud fees and hardens data against ransomware.
Horizon3.ai & Brinqa team up on exposure management
Enterprises could cut remediation noise as attacker-validated findings are ranked against business context, ownership and exploit paths.
Gigamon & Splunk launch federated telemetry search
Joint customers can search telemetry in place, cutting duplication and storage costs while improving security visibility across hybrid cloud estates.
Cisco launches Cloud Control for AI-led IT operations
Controlled US availability means customers can now unify network, security and AI operations in one place, with external tools included.
StorONE says Q1 bookings top full-year 2025 on demand
Rising flash prices and hardware shortages are pushing enterprises to buy storage-efficiency software sooner, helping StorONE post a record quarter.
Virtana names Daniel Raskin as Chief Marketing Officer
Rising AI failure rates are pushing enterprises to demand better visibility across hybrid cloud systems as Virtana expands its observability push.
Portainer & Xiid team up on secure edge management
Enterprises managing remote sites could cut exposure by combining central container control with outbound-only security.
Kore.ai launches Artemis on Microsoft Azure
Enterprises can now build governed multi-agent AI systems in days rather than months, with the first release hosted on Microsoft Azure.
Mathpix expands Brooklyn GPU deployment for AI workloads
Faster document conversion and lower latency are the aim as Mathpix adds NVIDIA B300 GPUs at DataVerge's Brooklyn data centre.
meshIQ adds agentic AI & petabyte telemetry support
Enterprises could cut outages and speed troubleshooting as the update unifies middleware monitoring and analyses petabyte-scale telemetry.
Virtana launches AI observability for Dell factories
Many US enterprises still cannot trace AI failures across infrastructure, leaving costly GPU bottlenecks and hidden risks unresolved.