the intelligent foundation to it optimisation...a cloud readiness assessment is essential as...
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The Intelligent Foundationto IT Optimisation
Crayon Cloud Readiness Assessment
A cloud readiness assessment is essential as
transformation to cloud, from on premises IT
infrastructure can be an extremely complex
process. Crayon’s approach looks at the people,
the process and the technology, and delivers a
maturity and capability status for your
organisation.
The People - Essentially we are talking about a
considerable change management exercise when
moving workloads to the cloud. So,
understanding the current operational processes,
end user requirements and how key personnel
can embrace and adapt this change is important.
Cloud transformation requires alignment to
business objectives and a clear strategy.
The Process - We look at business and
operational processes and the organisation’s
ability to change. The processes of moving to the
cloud can be complex and the day-to-day
procedures are often different. New skills and an
acceptance of change are a significant part of
any cloud transformation.
The Technology - The technical portion of a
cloud readiness assessment involves
understanding the client's existing infrastructure
and technical requirements.
The more detailed a picture we can obtain of the
current architecture and infrastructure to help
map future goals and objectives, the better the
outcome.
Review current management processes.
Assess current governance and future
requirements (Security, policies, processes
and procedures).
Gain visibility of the current architecture and
infrastructure and its dependencies.
Understand current software usage,
requirements and plan for future software
needs.
Identify the workloads to be considered for
the cloud.
Mitigate the chance of poor migrations and
deployments by assessing capability,
maturity, risk, cost and impact.
Ensuring a well planned cloud
transformation that optimises the cost,
efficiency and includes ongoing
management.
Are You Cloud Ready?
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Crayon's approach to assessing your organisation’s cloud readiness is the ideal way to ensure that you are ready to make strategic decisions in the most effective and optimised way.
Cloud Assessment Categories
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This phase helps gain visibility of what assets and processes are
in place within the business, where they are currently and who
uses them. By analysing existing documentation and data
sources or by deploying new tools, we can understand your
current architecture and infrastructure. Therefore providing us
with a basis for benchmarking the current state and comparing it
to the intended future state.
Crayon provide a workshop to the key stakeholders in the
business. The workshop will be in distinct phases and will help
determine the scope of the business assets in terms of the ‘what’,
‘where’ and ‘who’. We will then conduct a readiness assessment
which is designed to cover 8 main categories:
The key deliverable for the assessment is a detailed report
highlighting the strengths, weaknesses and risk involved, based
on your current state. Crayon will then provide
recommendations to close any gaps and help provide a clear
roadmap to a successful cloud migration:
• Provides piece of mind that all process areas are covered.
• Ability to assess cost and impact of moving to the cloud.
• Optimise the path to the cloud by determining correct
license agreements and negotiate better deals.
• Cloud Strategy
• Organisation goals and objectives
• Management processes
• Architecture and infrastructure
• Hardware & Software Assets
• Data/Workloads
• Growth and scalability
• Mobility and agility
Phase 2 : Readiness Questionnaire & Workshop
Phase 1 : Data Gathering and Analysis
Phase 3 : Assessment Report
Joint Goals, Joint Success
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Establishing the KPIs together with our customers ensures the continuous success of the
relationship and there are many ways to take on your next technology challenge, but you
don’t have to do it alone.
Crayon takes care of the hazards and makes the complicated simple, allowing our customers
to focus on their business, instead of worrying about their technology.
Make your way, the Crayon way.
Contact the Crayon team today to find out more about our Cloud readiness assessment services.
Contact your local Crayon team today.Visit: www.crayon.comCall: +47 2289 1000Email: [email protected]
Our success lies in what we are able to achieve together and we always work with and on behalf of our customers.
