Experts explore the pros and cons to processing and storage at the edge, in the cloud, and the advantage to taking a hybrid approach to cloud architecture.
Cloud architecture is streamlining hardware and software management for both the end user and the security dealer/integrator, offering impressive flexibility and scalability. It also has been able to generate user excitement; integrators say users are approaching them asking to go to the cloud. But at the same time, it can be difficult to navigate when cloud is fully effective, when an on-prem solution may be worth considering, and how exactly to configure a hybrid approach — which many experts indicate may truly be ‘the best of both worlds.’
While talk of the cloud may seem decades old, the technology has really matured into viability only relatively recently. Bandwidth improvements may be chief among trends that have bolstered cloud’s practicality. “When I started, businesses still had 100-megabit networks,” recalls Christopher Zenaty, president, Turing AI, Palo Alto, Calif. “Imagine trying to stream multiple cameras to the cloud on that network. That would choke the bandwidth. It would end all other business activities — activities that would have been considered to be more important. Now, bandwidth capabilities are obviously significantly more. You can have multi-gig networks going to your house.”
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