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Cloud VS On-premises Benefits of Shifting to the Cloud
C l o u d a n d o n - p r e m i s e and providing easy, cost- These are the main advantages
infrastructure requirements vary effective, and remote access to that the hybrid cloud offers for
based not only on the size and remote stockholders. the smooth growth of the
nature of the organization but Transformation Over the Years business:
a l s o o n h o w v i s i o n a r y In the past, companies were very Flexibility / Agility
m a n a g e m e n t i s f o r
rigid about the adoption of Scalability and Speed
implementing and adopting
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technology, getting futuristic pandemic and the Russia- Independence
business insights, and involving Cost & Control
Ukraine crisis forced them to
technology as key players in their Business Continuity
think differently and begin to
vision & roadmap.
embrace a hybrid approach Final Thoughts
The ratio of on-premises to the sooner rather than later. It wasn't
The ratio of computing and
cloud may depend on volume, the first time countries took storage for on-premise and
usage, nature, type of data, and action against firms, and closed
cloud should be planned based
owners of the data. Every their operations, but this number
on organizational needs and
organization should have its was massive. Everyone felt the reviewed timely. Likewise, cloud
assessment and strategic plan. I challenges and assumed it was computing has some risk factors
believe agility and regular review happening within their own
as well. We can use Hybrid Cloud
are the key to avoiding any risk companies even when they were
for rapid organization growth by
factor, whether security or cost. in a different safe market. It was maintaining the correct set of
I n r e c e n t y e a r s i n o u r cloud infrastructure that helped policies and practices. Following
surroundings, we have started businesses grow or keep running the review, we should choose the
noticing a big boost in the in many developing nations by appropriate infrastructure and
adoption of tools like Google facilitating work-from-home environment. Public Cloud, On-
Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox for controls. premises Private Cloud, Hosted
hybrid storage purposes. This is Challenges we may face include: Private Cloud, On-premises
a l s o a p p l i c a b l e t o s m a l l Hardware/infrastructure cost. (connected to one or more cloud
businesses. partners).
Handle multiple vendors.
So far, industries were getting
Sometimes More
general users who wanted to use
Management: policies,
the cloud for ease of use, process, tools and manpower.
avoiding local hardware network
issues, keeping another backup,
June 2022