Organizations no longer have to choose between on-premise servers and the cloud. The standard for 2026 is “Hybrid Cloud Architecture,” which balances local processing speed with cloud flexibility. In this model, heavy video analytics are processed at the “edge” (on the camera), while management and data storage move to the cloud. This approach allows businesses to modernize at their own pace and utilize “As-a-Service” (VSaaS) models to reduce upfront hardware costs,.