Christina Torode from SearchCIO.com recently published a piece discussing the merits of private cloud versus public cloud implementations, with the consensus that hybrid IT and a hybrid cloud computing approach will become “the dominant cloud adoption strategy.” While we’re not shy about our belief that public cloud is the way to go, we also recognize that for a percentage of deployments, private architecture may be smarter choice for one reason or another. Of course in a hybrid world, we see it making the most sense for it to be “public cloud first” but with integrations back to on-premise systems being critical in nature. In that vein, what we found particularly noteworthy in this post was the discussion around IT‘s changing role and responsibilities in this transformation. Specifically, the following quote on the from Gartner’s Drue Reeves caught our eye: “In hybrid IT, location of the service is not.