Will moving to cloud hosting save money? Access Legal walk you through the options
One of the first questions asked when considering moving from an on premise infrastructure to one in the cloud is cost. However this is not a simple question to answer. And more often than not it will come down to value, rather than cost.
While cloud is sometimes positioned as more “cost-effective”, this doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll save money. It ultimately depends on what you want to achieve by moving your IT to the cloud. This often includes considerations not only in terms of monetary cost, but in terms of resource, time and user experience.
There are various reasons for considering the cloud, and all of these should be included in a business case for making the decision to move to the cloud or to stay with an on premise system.
Why should you consider moving to the cloud?
It could be that your current on premise servers have reached end of life, they’re slowing down to the point of impacting productivity, and the risk of failure is critical. Or you may be using a greater number of SaaS (web-based) software and applications that simply don’t need huge amounts of on site server storage.
And then of course there is enabling a remote workforce. Cloud is certainly the easiest way to implement hybrid working, offering users a choice of working from the office or from home, or other locations such as client premises. But how does it compare cost-wise?
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