On-Premises or Hosted?

The first option to consider is whether you want to use an on-premises continuous delivery pipeline or use a hosted service. For on-premises, the organization becomes the maintenance and service provider for the tools and infrastructure, including hardware, networking, upgrades to newer versions, and support issues. Organizations that typically use on-premises tools do so either because of an existing investment in on-premises tools, or because of a corporate policy that forbids source code hosting outside of the company. Beyond compliance, there are benefits to having a local solution—one of them being the capability to fully control and customize the continuous delivery pipeline as needed, whether that includes integration ...

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