What is a Cloud-Based?
Definition
Software hosted on vendor or third-party servers accessed via internet rather than installed locally. Cloud-based solutions offer automatic updates, anywhere access, disaster recovery, scalability, and reduced infrastructure costs compared to on-premise systems."
Why This Matters
Cloud-based solutions provide anywhere access, inherent disaster recovery, and scalability without infrastructure investment. Considerations include data sovereignty and internet dependency. Understanding data storage location and protection is important.
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Scalability
Software Features & Capabilities
Software's ability to handle growth in users, data volume, and transaction load without performance degradation.
On-Premise
Software Features & Capabilities
Software installed and run on customer's own servers and infrastructure rather than vendor-hosted cloud.
Disaster Recovery
Security & Compliance
Plans and procedures for restoring IT systems and data after catastrophic events including backup strategies, recovery time objectives, recovery point objectives, and business continuity plans.
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