Do your homework before you make a decision. Everyone is different; every shop is different. That is what makes it fun to be in IT.

When you look for a solution, you will uncover many advantages. All those hidden things which are not clear initially when you do a cost analysis. A cost analysis is something that you have to do from the get-go, but it also has to be an ongoing process. Your workloads change, requirements change, everything changes, so it has to be a constant feedback.

We have used both the on-premise and AWS versions.

Initially, the whole infrastructure was on-premise. For the past year, we have started moving over to the cloud. The support that we receive from AWS is great.

The on-premise version is fairly to use. We don't have to scale it up nor scale it down.