Cloud computing has reshaped how businesses manage IT infrastructure, but it hasn’t eliminated the need for on-premises data centers. For many companies—especially those with strict compliance ...

Nearly all enterprise IT projects involve decisions about where to store data. The public cloud holds perhaps more than half of all business data. That volume of data held on cloud-based systems, ...

In 2017, on-prem data centers accounted for nearly 60% of capacity. By 2027, Synergy Research is projecting that number will be cut in half, but that data doesn’t tell the whole story. New research ...

Since virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and remote desktop session host (RDSH) technology has been available, vendors have offered on-premises solutions. Because these companies have made a name ...

Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure offering is more about unified management than hybrid cloud as an enabler of elasticity or ...

Microsoft has created a version of its 365 productivity suite that runs on-premises, as part of a move to satisfy European regulations.… “Microsoft 365 Local” only runs on Azure Local, the subset of ...

Trade-Off Between Cost and Control – Cloud-based security systems offer lower upfront costs, while on-premises solutions provide greater control, customization, and independence from internet ...

The cloud has dominated enterprise technology provision for a decade or more. Public cloud services, with huge capacity, commitments to security, and assurances that the latest and greatest ...

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It turns out that the cloud is expensive, and the more workloads you move to the cloud, the more it costs. Go figure. When we were in the “growth at all costs” phase between 2021 and 2022, it was easy ...

As the cornerstone of digital technologies, computing has steadily changed the way businesses operate — making them more efficient and flexible — over the past few decades. In the beginning, most ...