TechBeacon Learn’s latest track offers  IT practitioners an easy-to-follow, video-based guide for getting started on the hybrid cloud.

These six intro videos are presented by David Linthicum, Chief Cloud Strategy officer at Deloitte Consulting and cloud computing thought leader, executive, consultant, author, and speaker. With 13 books and more than 5,000 articles under his belt, David puts IT Ops leaders and practitioners in good hands as they begin their hybrid cloud journey.

Here’s what you’ll find in the introductory topic, “Hybrid cloud management: The basics” –

1. Introduction to hybrid cloud computing - What are the components of a hybrid cloud? What are the pros and cons?

2. Hybrid cloud use cases - Learn how hybrid clouds host dev and test environments as well as distributed applications.

3. Planning a hybrid cloud - How to assess your requirements, and learn what investments are right for your organization.

4. Building a hybrid cloud - How to implement requirements, and understand the essential processes and components of the build.

5. Hybrid cloud ops – Learn basic elements of hybrid cloud operations, plus how to work with the teams that rely on new hybrid cloud resources.

6. Application migration - After your hybrid cloud is ready for operations, what do you migrate to the new environment? What is the process?

An all-video track is something new on TechBeacon Learn, so check it out and let us know what you think. Upcoming topics will include deep dives on HC monitoring and HC operations.