Toronto Premium IT Consultancy - Ivotex Solutions Inc.
Cloud Computing, Are You Ready?
Whether you’re starting a new business or looking to improve your existing technology operations, Ivotex can help you understands the benefits of cloud computing. The Cloud can provide your business with a higher level of reliability, accessibility, security and scalability for your applications, files and data, and communications. We will analyze your existing infrastructure and software and report exactly which systems are best suited for the Cloud. We also provide detailed reporting on cost savings that can be made across your company by implementing a Cloud strategy model. Cloud is not for everyone or everything but with the right experience we can help you identify your own potential for cloud computing and realize the benefits of the cloud.
Our cloud assessment is based on the current challenges with your IT infrastructure and operations. Our consultants work closely with your organization to determine which applications will give you the most value by moving them to the Cloud. Before any recommendations are made, will assess the challenges and risks in adopting the Cloud platform and how they may affect your firm.
Although we found most firms to place Cloud Education at the very end, we find this approach to be hindrance to the firm’s ability to understand the overall process and make educated decisions throughout the process. Thus, we place great emphasis on client education after initial data gathering and before we move to recommendation phase.
Pilot Application Migration to the Cloud
Pilot exercise is essential to the welfare of the entire project. The phase allows us to uncover risks and process changes, and also help justify the business case for migration to the Cloud based on actual results. By conducting the initial migration in a pilot, we form a baseline process which evolves throughout this stage and ensures that all further application migrations to the Cloud will be conducted problem free. We provide experienced cloud consulting services to plan, oversee, and implement your pilot or phased migration. The purpose of any pilot is to ensure a seamless shift of your operations to cloud services and also provide knowledge transfer and learning back to your organization.
Cloud Computing is a shift in the way the firm operates and in the manner the services and infrastructure are utilized. If done correctly, firms can leverage the latest and the greatest of the cutting edge technology without the risks associated with moving to a new platform
The process is a multi-stage approach:
• Interview process
• Cloud Readiness Assessment
o Cloud compatibility analysis and testing
o Risk assessment
• Cloud Computing Education
• Cloud Adoption Strategy & Roadmap
• Operations oversight and monitoring
• Piloting and testing
• Implementation
• Auditing
Definitions:
• IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service: Infrastructure traditionally provided by servers, desktops and network equipment is instead delivered over the internet and can be scaled up or down as needed.
• PaaS – Platform as a Service: Software development, storage and hosting are accessed as a service over the internet.
• SaaS – Software as a Service: On-demand applications provided through an internet browser, eliminating the need to install, run and maintain programs on internal systems.
• BPaaS – Business Process as a Service: Business process outsourcing (BPO) is provisioned using a cloud computing model; bundled with SaaS
Cloud Adoption IT Strategy
