A small, growing company would probably prefer Software$-$as$-$a$-$service $($SaaS$)$

$$ SaaS, so that all they have to manage are the people and the onsite devices.

The risks of this level of service include those associated with $$ in general $($e$.$g$.,$ privacy of information in the cloud, availability issues, responsibility for data breaches, business continuity concerns, issues with vendor's survivability, etc.$)$ as well as the risks of having a $$ managing the infrastructure$/$hardware$,$ the platform, and the software applications. Ultimately, any issues with data breaches or data loss are still the responsibility of the $,$ so a

$$ will reduce some $($but not all$)$ of these risks.