The right answer is rarely all-cloud or all-on-prem. This is the decision framework MVT uses with South African businesses.
Cloud is not always cheaper. On-prem is not always faster. The right choice depends on the workload, the connectivity, the compliance landscape and your team. The framework below is how we decide.
On-prem is capex-heavy and predictable. Cloud is opex-heavy and elastic. Workloads with steady load and long lifecycles can be cheaper on-prem. Workloads with bursty load, short lifecycles or global reach are usually cheaper in the cloud.
Azure regions offer SLAs your average on-prem server room cannot match. But cloud uptime depends on your connectivity, which in South Africa is a real consideration.
Cloud doesn't mean backed up. You still need a designed backup strategy with immutable storage and tested restores — regardless of where the workload runs.
Cloud workloads are only as good as the link to them. We pair cloud hosting with SD-WAN connectivity to get reliable, low-latency access across South African branches.
Cloud platforms have more security capability than most businesses can deploy on-prem. They also have more places to misconfigure. Cloud security is real work — see our cybersecurity services.
POPIA, financial-services regulation and sector-specific rules can all influence where data lives. Azure South Africa regions cover most residency requirements; some clients still prefer dedicated tenancy for specific workloads.
For most South African SMEs we land on a hybrid design:
Our cloud hosting practice and managed services teams design, migrate and operate hybrid environments end-to-end.
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