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You have been asked to research a new business application. You find two solutions, an on-premise solution, and a cloud-based one. Assuming they are functionally equivalent, which would you recommend?
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William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"Based on my experience, cloud-based hosting is a more effective solution with the majority of applications an enterprise uses. The reason for this is that the cloud hosting companies such as AWS or Microsoft can ensure that their systems are running, and the applications are available nearly 100% of the time. They also make the effort to upgrade their hardware and networks on a regular basis to remain competitive. This alleviates the organization from having to do this for the on-premise infrastructure, thereby lowering the overall cost of supporting the application."
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
At first, this appears to be a very simple question to answer. However, what the interview was actually looking for is not so much an answer but rather your rationale behind it. Either of these options is appropriate, as long as you can describe why you are recommending the one you choose.
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"While both on-premise and cloud-based application hosting have their merits, I prefer to host applications on-premise. The reason behind this is that it provides the administrators with easier access to the applications and also assures a higher level of security due to no data being transmitted outside of the firewall. It is also likely to provide a higher level of performance. The drawbacks of this or that the licensing costs are probably greater and that were something to happen to the local datacenter, the information could be lost. Solutions to these points include negotiating an enterprise license with the vendor and having an effective disaster recovery plan in place."
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