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Delmar Manufacturing uses a private cloud for its confidential product designs and a public cloud for its marketing website and seasonal order processing, with some integration between them. The CFO asks what this arrangement implies for management. Which statement is MOST accurate?

Delmar has a hybrid cloud. Sensitive designs stay in the private environment while the public cloud gives cost-efficient elasticity, but management must handle integration complexity and apply consistent security and governance across both. It is not a community cloud, and no model removes the need for governance.

  1. AIt removes the need for governance because the private cloud is fully secure
  2. BIt is a hybrid cloud that balances control and cost-efficiency but adds integration complexity and requires consistent security and governance across both environmentsCorrect
  3. CIt is a community cloud, so costs are shared with competitors
  4. DIt is a multi-tenant private cloud and so carries no data-leakage risk

Explanation

Combining private and public clouds is a hybrid model. It lets sensitive workloads stay under tighter control while gaining public cloud elasticity, but integration, identity management and consistent policies become more demanding. No model removes governance needs.

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