The shift from on-premise to the public cloud appears inexorable . Vast numbers of organisations continue to take the strategic decision to exploit the storage and applications provided by hyperscalers , won over by the ostensible benefits of flexibility and cost models . But is this really the most operationally cost-effective , efficient and secure approach to building a technology infrastructure ? Mark Grindey , CEO , Zeus Cloud UKBSS , explains why it ’ s time to go ‘ back to the future ’ and build an in-house , on-premise private cloud .

Organisations of every size , across private and public sector , have bought into the idea that a shared IT infrastructure offers better value for money than a dedicated on-premise set up . As a result , the UK cloud computing market is now worth £ 7.5 billion – and its domination by just three vendors is being investigated by the CMA . But this review , designed to address concerns raised by Ofcom about exit fees , the lack of flexibility and the structure of financial agreements , while valid , is a distraction from the biggest problem : the cost of public cloud services is typically double the equivalent on- premise set up .

Every single organisation using one of the big three hyperscalers is effectively paying twice as much as they should for essential IT systems .

Every single organisation using one of the big three hyperscalers is effectively paying twice as much as they should for essential IT systems , including storage and application hosting . Even worse , they are paying for a service that is significantly less

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