The document discusses developing and deploying applications using hybrid cloud strategies. It provides an overview of different cloud platforms and services that can be used as part of a hybrid cloud approach, including Amazon Web Services, Windows Azure, and Orchestra. It then discusses various architecture patterns for deploying applications in a hybrid way, such as using a single server setup, separating the database onto its own server, using multiple database servers with replication, deploying multiple web servers behind a load balancer, offloading static files, and implementing auto-scaling and caching.