Decision makers are increasingly looking to cloud computing and cloud services to support existing and new web application hosting environments. The elasticity and scalability that cloud environments offer make them the ideal web application hosting environment. This article describes the best practices and architectural capabilities needed to develop web application hosting environments using a private, a public, or a hybrid cloud deployment model. We show how IBM products support the cloud web application hosting environment as it aligns to the industry standard. Click the link below to access the full article.