Typically, the cloud component is located within a managed datacentre operated by a service provider, who would often also be the vendor of the on-premises solution. As per the homebrew hybrid SaaS model, both solutions are operational at the same time. However, the main difference is that the solutions are not disparate – links exist between the on-premises solution and the cloud platform in order to mitigate the drawbacks of the Homebrew Hybrid solution. Examples of these links may be the retrieval of log information - the administrator can login to a single console and see consolidated information returned from both the cloud platform and the on-premises solution in a single report. Another example may be the ability to configure both the cloud platform and the local solution from one console, with the hybrid component appearing as a ‘seamlessly integrated’ part of the solution.
