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Staying on-premise Limitations to staying on
Despite the industrial revolution -premises depending upon the technical

a n d t h e n e e d f o r c l o u d Cloud offers a diverse portfolio of and business needs and short-
t r a n s f o r m a t i o n , m a n y SaaS-based resources, which t e r m & l o n g - t e r m g o a l s .

organizations still prefer on- can be integrated to achieve the Organizations may utilize Cloud
premises over cloud solutions. organization's goal. Each such for high data-centric, flexible,

There could be many factors to it. s o l u t i o n , w h e n d e p l o y e d critical, highly available, or high
Some of the most prominent individually, may need multiple compute operations, while may
ones include Regulatory & different infrastructures, skill sets, deploy internal apps, highly

Compliances, Research Data and BAU requirements and may restricted use cases, or less
Stores, Patents, and many others. h a v e d i f f e r e n t s e c u r i t y crucial apps on the premise

Benefits of staying on-premises standards. deployments.

Controlled and self-governed Purchasing the necessary Hidden costs of the Cloud
security ensures confidence and h a r d w a r e a n d s o f t w a r e Infrastructure
fewer leakages and gaps. The dependencies takes more time Cloud computing promises to

On-premise resources are and effort and at times, more trade high and performing
restricted only to the authorized c o s t l y , t h a n c l o u d - b a s e d infrastructure, with the CapEx

personnel. alternatives. It attracts large being affordable and the
The on-premise infrastructure upfront CapEx. ongoing OpEx is a financially

does not rely on the internet to Limited scalability: On-Premises viable alternative for small and
access data. The resources are Infrastructure is rigid and difficult midsize businesses. However, the

connected to the internet only if t o s c a l e b e y o n d a g i v e n true cost of cloud computing and
there is a need to expose the data b o u n d a r y d e fi n e d b y t h e the monthly subscription fee
to the outside world, making hardware and software provider. alone doesn't demonstrate the

them not only secure, but less Post that, it may need to replace hidden cost of running the cloud
internet dependent. the hardware or software a s O p E x , a s s o c i a t e d
compliances, etc. Organizations
S i n c e t h e s o l u t i o n s a r e completely.
must evaluate the expenses and
predominantly built in-house or Choosing Hybrid the pricing concerning the actual
deployed on-premise may not The foundation architecture service being consumed and the

need that complex internet defines the need for going with a
associated cost of going down in
architecture. The On-Premise cloud, an on-premise, or a hybrid
the case of unpredictable
i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s a r e f e w e r architecture. It may consider a instances.

complex architectures. combination of cloud services
and on-premises resources, -

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