When we thought cloud was just beginning to take hold as the new buzz word, it seems the industry has already started moving away from cloud and moving towards a new buzz word, "Hybrid". The idea behind "hybrid" is to combine both on premise equipment along with a cloud offering into an integrated solution that solves the secure web gateway needs of both the on-site workers as well as the remote office and traveling workers.
The on premise appliance or gateway solution would continue to protect on-site workers, while the cloud offering (aka SaaS offering) would protect smaller remote offices that can't justify the expense of an appliance, along with protecting traveling and remote workers.
The big benefit to hybrid would be integrated reporting and management, that is the ability to get a unified report for all users in a single reporting infrastructure, and the ability to manage policy for both appliance and cloud from a single interface. This seems to be the direction many proxy vendors are starting to head towards so don't be surprised when you see the term hybrid in the latest advertising from secure web gateway vendors.
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