Network environments
Let's look at some of the network environments.
On-premises
On-premises is where your company's network is inside a physical building; you will then have physical firewalls, routers and switches. Each person will have a physical machine, the software is normally held on disks and, the IT team is on-site. You have total control and responsibility over your resources.
Hosted services
Hosted services are technology services offered to you or your company by a provider that hosts the physical servers running that service somewhere else. Access to the service is usually provided through a direct network connection that may or may not run via the internet. The hosted services provider has full responsibility over your resources, including backup.
Cloud-hosting services
Cloud-hosting services provide hosting on virtual servers, which pull their computing resources from high-end servers that obtain their storage from a SAN. Access to resources is either via a lease line or the internet...
