Those characteristics of maintaining an on-premises Data Center which can be considered less than ideal are as follows:
- The downside of a controlled budgeting and financial is that any changes to the infrastructure can consume undesirable amounts of time, as policy and procedure requires multiple decision makers and approvals.
- Hiring, retaining, and managing skilled resources is an ongoing challenge, especially if the environment includes sophisticated leading-edge technologies.
- Responding to user requests is a time-consuming and resource-intensive activity, and occasionally leads to tension among members of the organization.
- The presence of legacy systems requiring ongoing maintenance, potentially specialized skill sets, and that are difficult to replace, all create management challenges.
- Newer technology coming into the Data Center sometimes presents challenges in terms of power and cooling and other resource requirements.
- Multiple, incompatible systems that have entered the ecosystem increase complexity and make managing the environment difficult.