solutions are just becoming available. They extend the HomeBrew hybrid SaaS model to include interoperating solutions situated both on the customer’s premises, as well as located within the cloud, therefore building on the strengths of the homebrew model and removing many of the drawbacks. 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. As both solutions are often from a single vendor, the cost of licensing is often much less than a solution based on both a cloud component and an on-premises solution combined. References Software distribution