Economic Analysis for Cloud: 4 week assessment

The Economic Analysis for Cloud service is designed to investigate cost reduction opportunities and strategies specific to a client’s situation, helping them understand the economic considerations of a Microsoft Azure-based implementation. The analysis provides qualitative and quantitative information to support business cases and cloud migration planning efforts.

When implemented, the service delivers:

• objective, fact-based analysis of people, process, and technology
• cost reduction opportunities and strategies specific to client’s situation
• qualitative and quantitative financial information to inform business decisions; and
• evaluation of cloud delivery models to help support economic decision-making.

Many organisations need to understand the economic rationale for adopting a public cloud solution. By looking at the total cost of ownership (TCO) and the return on investment (ROI) clients can establish an understanding of quantitative and qualitative business drivers across an organisation's people, process and technology allowing them to make a detailed and informed decision about moving to Microsoft Azure, and the benefits that may be realised through the ongoing adoption and consumption of Microsoft Azure cloud services.

Estimates for the delivery of this service may vary based on the number of applications, their complexity, the complexity of the infrastructure and environment, internal knowledge and understanding of the applications and infrastructure, and the availability of those personnel.