Digital transformations require a new hybrid cloud—one that’s open by design, and frees clients to choose and change environments, data and services as needed. This approach allows cloud apps and services to be rapidly composed using the best relevant data and insights available, while maintaining clear visibility, control and security—everywhere. How do you decide where to put data on a hybrid cloud and how to use it? What’s the best hybrid cloud strategy in terms of data and workload? How should you leverage a 50/50 rule or a 80/20 rule and user interaction to evaluate which data/workload to move to the cloud and which data/workload to keep on-premise? Hybrid cloud provides an open platform for innovation, including cognitive computing. Organizations are looking for taking shadow IT out of the shadows by providing a self-service way to the information and a hybrid cloud strategy is allowing that. Also, how to use hybrid cloud for better manage data sovereignty & compliance?