Cloud Migration & Modernization for Apps & Infrastructure: Advisory, Implementation & Managed Services

Kyndryl Cloud Migration & Modernization for Apps & Infrastructure services are aligned to accomplish a client’s business strategy and transformation goals of adopting Azure cloud.

Technologies & Use Cases Supported:

• x86 Workloads and AIX LPARs – Lift & shift, OS upgrades and OS re-platform
• Mainframe Workloads – Move to Azure and/or modernize with Azure
• Databases – Migration of Azure PaaS, DB upgrades and DB re-platform
• Storage – Data migration to Azure Files, NetApp, and archival to Blob Storage
• SAP and Oracle Systems – Lift & shift, technical migrations and managed services
• Application containerization and migrating existing containers to AKS / Red Hat OpenShift

Migration / Modernization Phases Covered:

• Discovery – Collect source landscape data to understand application business usage, application affinities / dependencies and define a migration / modernization plan
• Azure Landing Zone Design – Leverage reusable assets, reference architectures and blueprints to define an Enterprise landing zone design based on client network, security, compliance and architecture requirements
• Azure Landing Zone Build – Build standard, scalable and secure cloud platform across private, public and hybrid cloud models
• Migrate / Modernize – Define detailed event plan, execute the migration / modernization event and stand ready for hyper-care support
• Manage – Secure mission-critical monitoring, management and support services with defined SLA's worldwide

Client Business Challenges:

• Need help to build cloud & technology strategy – define which solutions fit their cloud adoption / digital transformation goals
• Need migration & modernization approach that is scalable, repeatable (including references architecture, solution blueprints), and integrated toolsets to support a migration / modernization project
• Lack ability to dynamically scale expert IT resources quickly to orchestrate multiple technologies across hybrid environments
• Need to respond quickly and seamlessly to automatically scale up and down IT capacity safely and securely to business demands
• Need the “know-how” to adopt the complexities involved in migrating to a public cloud environment, due to technical debt and legacy system complexity preventing digital transformation

Kyndryl Value Proposition:

• Kyndryl delivery personnel are experts in Azure public / private cloud environments, providing implementation services for all sizes & workload complexities
• Our method is aligned with the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework to deliver repeatable, predictable results and to scale up and down based on client baseline volumes and complexity
• Kyndryl leverages state-of-the-art automation to reduce risk, costs and effort across all phases of a migration and modernization project
• We leverage an Agile delivery approach to partner with clients for delivery of the projects
• Kyndryl’s services are Flexible and Modular – i.e., our solutions are tailored to client needs – ranging from supporting the full scope to supporting selected phases of the migration / modernization lifecycle

Terms, conditions, duration, and pricing are custom to each engagement. Please contact us to discuss a solution to meet your business needs. Offer availability may be limited in some countries.

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