If you’ve ever listened to, or been involved in, a conversation about Cloud, you’re familiar with the idea that the infrastructure that runs any specific cloud can be either on-premises (local or private cloud), off-premises (remote or public cloud), or a combination of both (hybrid cloud).
If you’re familiar with that, then I feel safe predicting that you’re also familiar with the seemingly-eternal debate over whether the term is “premises”, “premise”, or if it actually matters. In this case, there is, in fact, only one correct answer.
In the rest of this article, I will:
- Make the clear case for the correct answer
- Explain why it does, in fact, matter
- Discuss three approaches for handling this, including a proposed solution that, if adopted, would end the premises/premise confusion in cloud forever
