Discovery Consultation - Modern Cloud Operations: 3h Workshop

Our free-of-charge Discovery Consultation is designed for clients looking to modernise their cloud operations and manage platforms with code. Our team dig into the detail of your operational processes and compare this against our recommended methodology helping to navigate common challenges/blockers and provide you with a clear plan of action.

Customer Challenges - The workshop will explore some key client questions/challenges:

• Increased Azure demand – we will explore strategies to scale your operations to meet increased demand from business users and developers for new cloud native features.
• Platform advisory - we will delve into proven SRE methodologies to improve platform health & security.
• Cloud native skills gap – we walk you through the core skills required to successfully deliver modern cloud native operations (Apps and Platforms).
• Harness the power of automation – We will guide you on how to leverage DevOps, GitOps & IaC to drive cost optimisation, developer productivity and enhanced security posture.

What do we do:

• BlakYaks team facilitate a “deep dive” into your Azure platform operations and cloud native goals (if any).
• We assess your level of maturity and help you to shape a future development roadmap.
• The session is aimed at technical leadership (heads of) – Infrastructure, App Dev (DevSecOps, CICD) and Operations (SRE).
• As a precursor to the workshop, our team will schedule a planning call to agree your key priorities and focus areas for the session and confirm attendees.

Deliverables & Outcomes - Get access to a specialist consultant-led advisory service and answer the fundamental questions about modern cloud operations, including:

• Platform operations assessment.
• Modernisation approaches.
• Platform challenges, how / what to automate, improve security posture.
• Key priorities and platform roadmap.

Delivery consultation report - A typical report would include:

• High-level summary of your current position, challenges and any gaps that should be addressed as a matter of priority.
• Future roadmap and recommendations for next steps.
• BlakYaks Commercial proposal to support your strategy (optional).

BlakYaks lead the way in building and managing cloud native platforms (with DevSecOps and IaC skills at the core), schedule a Modern Operations Discovery Consultation to understand how we help you solve your specific operational challenges.