IT Essentials – On-premise vs cloud data storage: 5 key factors for your business to consider

Video length: 1 minute 38 seconds

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So when choosing between on-premise and the cloud, there are five things you have to consider:

The cost, support, the applications that you're currently using, your data and your company's workflow.

The biggest differences are with on-premise, is much higher upfront costs.

But once you've paid that off, the cost goes simply down as you just basically you're paying for power and cooling, while going to the cloud has a much lower upfront cost.

But as you start adding on more data, start moving everything up there, the subscriptions and the pricing can go up significantly.

There's a big difference between support from the IT side of things, whether or not we need to be there physically for on-premise and set things up.

Or with cloud, there's a complete different skill set that is required to make sure that you're hitting all your governance, making sure the costings are correct, you're not overpaying.

Another factor to consider is applications.

Cloud is fantastic for modern web-based applications and software as a service.

However, legacy systems can't always be replaced or migrated, meaning that on-premise may be your only option.

On-premise is fantastic for large files, whether it be for engineering, databases, or files or applications that require quick access.

While the cloud is great for flexibility, remote working, on-premise suits a traditional office-based workflow, but it does limit collaboration for your highly remote teams without use of VPN, while cloud does enable modern workflows with easy collaboration and access from anywhere.

So with on-premise and cloud, there's no right or wrong choice.

It depends entirely on your company.

Please reach out to Netway if you'd like to learn more.