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Optimal by Design: Architecting for Hybrid from Day One in AI and Application Development
For every new AI or application project you embark on, your initial architectural choices will determine the probability of long-term success of that effort, especially as it scales or needs to adapt to changing regulatory or business environments.
This article discusses why architecting for hybrid up front puts you in the optimal position for anything that comes your way.
https://blog.equinix.com/blog/2025/05/21/why-you-need-a-hybrid-first-strategy/
Do you agree? Is 'hybrid-first' truly the silver bullet for future-proofing, or are there scenarios where a pure cloud or colo/on-prem approach still makes sense? Share your perspective!
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Great write-up. I agree - cloud-first was a good start, but that was a decade ago. The real innovation happens when you break out of the box - hybrid is that next-level architecture. In other words, cloud-first got us here, but it won't take us where we need to go. The future is hybrid-where performance, sovereignty, and AI-scale converge. This article nails it. To build what's next, we need to architect beyond the cloud, not just inside it.
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