Get Started on your Journey to the Hybrid Cloud

Microsoft
December 2012



Microsoft in partnership with the Fujitsu Center of Excellence offers this paper as a starting point for understanding how to approach development of a comprehensive cloud computing strategy.

The retail enterprise IT environment serves all aspects of business operations including shopper engagement, product delivery and core business operations. To support the varied needs many retailers are embarking on a “hybrid” approach to delivering cloud services. This simply means mixing on premises service delivery with hosted or public service delivery to achieve the definition of an effective cloud computing environment. This document covers guidance for retailers when developing a "hybrid cloud" strategy to connect the three enterprise application profiles (new, strategic, and legacy) together to serve the modern shopper.