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Hybrid Cloud Computing for Businesses With Legacy IT Systems Businesses rarely replace their entire IT environment overnight. Many organizations still depend on legacy servers, applications, file systems, databases, and network infrastructure that support important day-to-day operations. At the same time, cloud technology continues to change how businesses manage applications, data, collaboration, security, and remote access. Moving everything to the cloud may sound like the obvious next step, but it is not always practical—or necessary. This is where hybrid cloud computing can make sense. A hybrid approach allows a business to keep selected workloads on existing infrastructure while using cloud services for systems that benefit from greater flexibility, accessibility, or scalability. For organizations with older technology, this can provide a more controlled path toward modernization without forcing every system through the same migration process. What Is Hybrid Clo…