Title: Systematic analysis of on-premise and cloud services

Authors: Asif Ali; Asif Ali Laghari; Irfan Ahmed Kandhro; Kamlesh Kumar; Salman Younus

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan ' Department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan ' Department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan ' Department of Software Engineering, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan ' Department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract: There are two key distinctions between cloud and on-premise (OP) software, the cost for each varies and so does the level of control. As organisations explore to reduce costs, many data and rules are migrating to multiple clouds like GCP, AWS, AZURE, and so on. Cloud service providers provide the extensibility, resilience, and quickness that traditional OP deployments usually lose. This paper presents a comparative analysis of on-premise and cloud computing differs by outline, arrangement, administration, and devices for associations and clients. This comparison shows that cloud computing provides more flexible infrastructure and better service of data processing on-premise. In today's enterprise IT world, there are many factors that a business must consider when deciding whether a cloud infrastructure is the right choice. As there are many mid-level organisations that I personally know which fails to adapt cloud solutions, instead rely on their proven legacy and on-premises applications and software to do business. Therefore, it is very challenging to decide for business, if either a cloud infrastructure is right choice or not. In this article, which have covered many areas and analyses of on-premise and cloud, which will help mid-level organisations to make the decision of choosing cloud solutions for their running business applications.

Keywords: key differences; cloud computing; on-premise pros and cons; cloud pros and cons; on-premise risk; security; cloud services provider selection; cost; compliance; cloud deployments methods.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCC.2024.139604

International Journal of Cloud Computing, 2024 Vol.13 No.3, pp.214 - 242

Received: 28 Jan 2023
Accepted: 14 Apr 2023
Published online: 04 Jul 2024 *

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