A business manager is concerned about the availability of an application running on hardware in the local data center. Which of the following solutions will improve availability while reducing…

The correct answer is B. Transition from on premises to cloud. Transitioning from on-premises to a cloud environment improves availability through the provider’s redundant infrastructure and managed services, while reducing maintenance overhead since hardware and many operational tasks are handled by the cloud provider.

Submitted by ahmad_uae· Mar 6, 2026Security architecture

Question

A business manager is concerned about the availability of an application running on hardware in the local data center. Which of the following solutions will improve availability while reducing maintenance overhead?

Options

ADeploy load balancing and HA.
BTransition from on premises to cloud.
CPurchase cybersecurity insurance.
DDecommission end-of-life hardware.

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A
17% (6)
B
72% (26)
C
8% (3)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

Transitioning from on-premises to a cloud environment improves availability through the provider’s redundant infrastructure and managed services, while reducing maintenance overhead since hardware and many operational tasks are handled by the cloud provider.

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