Cloud Solutions

There is no single answer to the cloud question, but there is a fixed order to the decision. First, the workload inventory: how much each system consumes, what depends on what, and how much downtime each can tolerate.

Second, clarity on data requirements. Which data has to stay within defined borders, which records must be retained and for how long, which access has to be logged. These questions belong before the technical architecture; a constraint discovered late can force a completed migration to be undone.

Third, the cost model. In the cloud, cost is not a one-off investment as it is on-premises but a recurring monthly expense. Comparisons that ignore this difference look right in year one and turn out wrong by year three.

At the end of these three steps, where each workload should go becomes clear on its own. In most organizations the answer is neither pure cloud nor pure on-premises, but a hybrid architecture that deliberately combines the two.