https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/30/the-hybrid-cloud-market-just-got-a-heck-of-a-lot-more-compelling/

Let’s start with a basic premise that the vast majority of the world’s work loads remain in private data centers. Cloud infrastructure vendors are working hard to shift those workloads, but technology always moves a lot slower than we think. That is the lens through which many cloud companies operate.

The idea that you operate both on prem and in the cloud with multiple vendors is the whole idea behind the notion of the hybrid cloud. It’s where companies like Microsoft, IBM, Dell and Oracle are placing their bets. These died-in-the-wool enterprise companies see their large customers making a slower slog than you would imagine to the cloud, and they want to provide them with the tools and technologies to manage across both worlds, while helping them shift when they are ready.