Choosing the Computing Architecture (On-premise vs. Cloud vs. Hybrid) for an Accounting Firm You are the IT manager for Randall & Meyers, LLP (R&M) accounting firm. Originally a two-person accounting firm, R&M experienced a significantly grow and it's now planning to open offices in multiple cities on the East Coast of United States. In preparation for this expansion, R&M's CIO chartered you with selecting the computing architecture for all R&M offices. A list of the software and applications that need to be available is provided below. Question: What computing platform would you use: on-premise, public cloud, private cloud or a hybrid? If applicable, specify the service model(s) you recommend. Please explain your decision. List of software applications: Microsoft Office Professional suite: Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint, etc. Two COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) Accounting applications: Acumatica and AccountMate One HR system: Oracle PeopleSoft HR One (custom-built) enterprise data warehouse and reporting - containing customer information, e.g.: tax and financial information, customer identifiers (SSN/social security number for individual customers; EIN/Employer Identification Number for companies) COTS Reporting software: Power BI and Tableau