cloud vs on-prem

“Design for failure.” It’s one of the cloud’s most famous architectural mantras. But in 2025, it’s not just a public cloud concept — it’s the foundation of resilient infrastructure, whether you run workloads in AWS, on bare metal, or in a hybrid data center.

For years, the cloud has been positioned as the inevitable destination for enterprise IT. Its promise? Elasticity, speed, and freedom from infrastructure headaches. But for those of us who operate, architect, and manage networks at scale, the reality is far more nuanced. The debate between hosting infrastructure in the cloud or keeping it on-prem isn’t just alive — it’s heating back up.