Distributed tagging of data in a hybrid cloud environment

A computer-implemented method for tagging data including executing instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the method comprising:

• interfacing over a network with a browser application running on a client computing device to provide the browser application access to a first application running on a cloud computing device;
• interfacing over a communication connector with a second application running on a remote computing device, wherein the second application is configured to process data stored in a database on the remote computing device;
• in response to receiving a tag request from the first application on the client device to tag a record in a database, creating an item reference to the record to point to a row in a table of the database to enable a customized view of the data using the tagged data without altering the data in the database;
• and
• storing the item reference in a storage layer on the cloud computing device.

A computer program product for tagging data, the computer program product being tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one computing device, are configured to cause the at least one computing device to:

• interface over a network with a browser application running on a client computing device to provide the browser application access to a first application running on a cloud computing device;
• interface over a communication connector with a second application running on a remote computing device, wherein the second application is configured to process data stored in a database on the remote computing device;
• in response to receiving a tag request from the first application on the client device to tag a record in a database, create an item reference to the record to point to a row in a table of the database to enable a customized view of the data using the tagged data without altering the data in the database;
• and
• store the item reference in a storage layer on the cloud computing device.