The cloud vs on-premises software: What you need to consider for your business
November 25, 2013
Grazed from TheNextWeb. Author: Ian Gotts.
It seems like the whole world is moving to the cloud for all IT applications. Whilst this is not true, there is a danger of the herd mentality. This article considers the different aspects that should be taken into account before launching into the clouds. Much of the material is taken from a book by the author of this article called Thinking of… Buying Cloud Computing? Ask the Smart Questions.
The book offers 90 pages of questions that act as a comprehensive list of all the issues that need to be considered. Sadly, it provides no answers – it cannot, as every client situation is different. It is never what may be described as a “fun read”. But what is does do is make sure that all the questions that should be answered are asked. It also gives insights into the impact of every question guiding the reader to the right answer…
This article has identified the more strategic questions that need to be addressed when considering a cloud based application over an on-premise implementation. While you would expect the questions to be technical in nature, a surprising number are business-related. These questions have been grouped into Strategic, Financial, Operational, Technical and Vendor…
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