Cloud Journey
Cloud Journey of an organization is a process of adopting and integrating cloud computing services and technologies into its operations.
We offer services that involves a series of steps and considerations for your businesses transition from traditional on-premises infrastructure to cloud-based solutions.
Assessment and Planning: Evaluate current infrastructure, applications, and data. Develop a comprehensive cloud strategy and migration plan.
Proof of Concept: Conduct POC to validate the chosen cloud services.
Migration: Execute the migration plan, moving selected workloads to the cloud.
Optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize cloud resources for performance and cost.
Security and Compliance: Implement robust security measures for data protection. Ensure compliance with industry regulations and standards.
Cost Management: Monitor and manage cloud costs effectively.
Governance: Establish cloud governance policies and practices.
Continuous Improvement: Regularly evaluate and refine the cloud strategy.
Cloud Platforms - Maturity Journey
Stage '0' Ad Hoc Cloud Beginner
- Increased Agility
- Pay as you go
- Low-risk experimentation
Stage '1' Opportunistic and Planned Cloud Secure & Compliant
- Automate policy enforcement
- Low security risk
- Continuous compliance
Stage '2' Trusted and Repeatable Cloud High Available
- Near zero downtime
- Improved Performance & Reliability
Stage '3’ Automated and Intelligent Cloud Well Architected
- CI/CD automation
- Low operational cost
- High Productivity
Cloud Platforms - Key Pillars
Improved governance, control and quality
- Cloud Control Framework –Cloud Governance Cycle for Continuous Compliance
- Guardrails, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Quick Reference Guides (QRGs)
- Runbooks for Cloud Operations
Standardize & Optimization
- Automation of standard operations tasks and Provisioning services
- Continuous Cost Optimization
- Target Operating Environment (TOE) for cloud
- Ways of Working - Shared Responsibilities
Financial transparency
- Demand Management
- Cloud Economics / Cost Models
- Detailed & Transparent TCO for operating environment
Talent building
- Cloud Community of Practice
- Cloud Champions Network
- Brown Bag Sessions
- Training / Upskilling Cloud Fabric Team
Cloud Platforms - Operating Model
Enable
- Governance & Operating Model
- Controls and Standards
- Cloud Adoption / Migration
- Cloud services Optimization
Automate
- Azure Deployment patterns
- Cloud Security
- Cloud Operations Runbooks
- Cloud Cost Model - Chargebacks
Run Readiness
- Audit compliance for architecture, security
- Onboarding cloud platform services
- SOP, Run Books
- Operation Readiness Tests
Continuous Improvement
- Liaise with Storage, Network, Security, EA & IAM
- Cloud Resource Projections
- Collaboration with projects
- Community Engagement
- Knowledge Repository – Assets & Documents