Hi everyone, welcome back to lesson two, choosing a deployment strategy. Now that we understand better what modules are included inside the box. In this lesson, we will talk about the deployment options. My name is Jennifer Nicholson. There are two types of deployments for earpiece systems that you can choose before you make any decisions about what vendor to use or what modules to implement, ie to decide whether you are going to go with an on premise or cloud solution. On Premise solutions are those that you physically install on your servers and that you maintain and support with in house IT staff.
Cloud solutions are hosted by the vendor server and managed by their employees, your company that subscribes to the service and accesses it online. There are significant long term differences between these options, so the decision cannot be made lightly. There are significant upfront costs with an on premise European implementation. The hardware must be purchased. You must Ensure you have sufficient fireproof, secure well ventilated space to store the hardware, and IT staff must be hired and trained to manage the hardware and software. on an ongoing basis, staff must be on site to ensure the system is always running, that the meet maintenance is done, and that upgrades are completed as required.
In contrast, with a cloud system, the hardware is stored and maintained at the vendor site. The vendor should have a sophisticated support department that can remotely troubleshoot and deal with any issues. Many executives are suspicious of cloud solutions as they worry about security of their data. And like the idea of having the bricks and mortar others prices data on site. Class solutions have evolved a lot over the last decade and have a lot of benefits. The ownership costs for a cloud based deployment include some sort of subscription or an online licensing cost.
With either platform there needs to be significant upfront planning and development with On Premise solutions, you will have a devoted IT team that should know the system inside and out and be able to deal with any issues that arise. If you go this route, ensure that your vendor has a sophisticated helpdesk who can answer questions as required, you'll be quite reliant on your in house IT team, which is a risk as people change jobs frequently and you'd be maybe left without the support you require. cloud solutions are developed by some of the best software engineers in the industry, and updates are pushed out on a regular basis. So you should always have the most current version, security is likely to be best in class, as well as cloud era p vendors take the security of their clients data very seriously. Disaster Recovery and backup procedures should be well defined and sophisticated.
Understanding the deployment models upfront helps to envision how the new IR p will be implemented and run on a day to day basis. In our next lesson, we will talk about ways we should initiate our project. Thanks for joining