This Briefing Note explains what hybrid cloud is, why it makes sense for business and takes a high-level look at NetApp’s data-centric approach to hybrid cloud. The document is directed towards executive managers and decision makers, to help them understand the basic fundamentals of the hybrid cloud computing model. It describes why hybrid cloud is quickly becoming the favoured approach for many organisations today, and how NetApp provides an approach and technology to facilitate a data-centric approach to building a hybrid cloud infrastructure.