The ability to move seamlessly between public cloud resources and private datacenters was an important factor for our organization when choosing this solution. We are able to leverage both types of environments as needed without having to incur additional costs. It also has some great tools available that allow us to build out custom solutions quickly and easily. This is not always obvious at first glance. Sometimes it's hard to know how much you can trust what they say about their products or services. There have been issues with certain versions of Windows Server 2008R2 operating system which caused problems with Hyper-V virtual machines running under Ilands hybrid environment. Also be aware of storage limitations if using hyper v guests. If moving from a single location to multiple locations, we were looking for something flexible but cost effective. Our team had previously used VMware ESXi technology and found its flexibility limited by the need to purchase.