With the advent of Cloud Computing as the latest disruptive technology, many companies, although cognizant of the advantages it offers, are reluctant to move forward with it. " Resistance to the cloud comes primarily from two fronts: IT pros who are used to managing their own hardware, and business executives who fear the cloud as an unknown and insecure world where everybody's data is intertwined with no boundaries or safeguards." One solution advanced recently has been that of Hybrid Clouds. "In fact, the hybrid combination of cloud plus traditional infrastructure is probably the best answer for most companies. A hybrid approach can provide you the cost savings, the scalable on-demand infrastructure and the security you need with very few trade offs." (PCWorld July 7,2009)

According to research firm Gartner, "As the use of cloud computing grows and the model becomes more complex, end users are going to need help integrating the various combinations of services."

Functioning as a middleware, OHC provides you with an overview of all services offered and exposes them as web services, allowing for integration with external OSS/BSS solutions. Using service driver (adapter) technology, any communication service offered to end-users can be self-provisioned and self-managed.

OHC allows enterprises to manage their applications that are hosted in various different data centers (in the cloud), as well as integrate them with the applications that require a dedicated infrastructure (due to their core importance to the business).

For Service Providers, while OHC is able to integrate with Software as a Service applications, OHC is itself able to run as a SaaS solution. Using proven server virtualization tools, OHC can manage virtual data centers, sold as a subscription service, made up of virtual server appliances. A client purchasing such a "virtual data center" would not need to have even one server to offer services to their clients. They would order and add new servers and
services at will, have them added to their virtual data center, and then sell the services to customers. They could even offer those services to resellers as another SaaS solution. The options are varied to allow customers to choose a configuration that best suits their needs.

Further, OHC helps providers migrate their services from one server to another, one data center to another, and even one application to another. OHC's provisioning tools can integrate with existing legacy services as well as new services, allowing some customers to reside on old servers while others are on new servers. All features of OHC are exposed as web services that can be used to configure customer accounts and enable their services.

OHC's ability to automatically provision services (0 touch) will allow Service Providers to provide services literally without cost, further, the end-users can self-provision via a portal embedded in their interface. The features included with our software comprise what we refer to as a "virtual office". All these features are easy to use and basic, and the modularity of OHC allows any function to be easily replaced with any other.