With everything that we see in the news about a universal move to cloud, you might expect that on-premise data storage will soon be coming to an end. In fact, we’re likely to see onsite continue long into the future. This is mainly due to the fact that organisations like having control.
There are plenty of CIOs who feel they simply can’t leave the uptime equation to someone else—or relinquish control over their data. This is not to say that we aren’t seeing massive growth in the uptake of cloud services, and I have no doubt this will grow even faster in the coming year. In my view, the most sensible way forward for organisations is a hybrid strategy that combines the benefits of cloud and the security of on-premises.