Remaining too dependent on local resources with out of date computer equipment means you’ll struggle to achieve the 24/7 application infrastructure that is key to operating into today’s digital environment.
Not only will it hold back your ambitions, but that legacy hardware will also be costly and time consuming to maintain. Then there are the issues of depreciation and end of life (EOL) hardware to take into account.
Even finding technicians with the knowledge to tend that ageing equipment will become ever more difficult. The cost of maintaining trained and certified local resources to support on premise infrastructure is only going to grow higher. Sticking with an on-premise service also means committing to large and continuing CAPEX models to retain and replace the hardware moving forward.