A marketing and multi-media organization needed extra resources for applications running during peak utilization timeframes. This would include shopping seasons, holidays and other peak usage moments. With the help of a private cloud environment hosted on platforms like Eucalyptus, the organization is capable of sending API commands to Amazon for extra burst resources. Furthermore, integration with technologies like RightScale, allow organizations to directly interconnect resources between both public and private cloud platforms. From there, the auto-scaling and cloud-bursting capabilities of the Eucalyptus platform allowed this organization to seamlessly connect to their Amazon cloud resources, and burst extra workloads when peak utilization was hit. Commands sent to the auto-scaler can help administrators better manage resource utilization both within the private and public cloud environment. Even further integration with the vCloud API allows administrators to centrally control VMware vCloud instances located both privately and publicly.