Cloud Adoption Readiness and Roadmap: 6-Wk Assessment

OVERVIEW

This service enables clients to make informed decisions and stay in control of their cloud adoption journey to Microsoft Azure. Organizations choosing a “cloud first”, or “cloud only” strategy face several transformation challenges:

• Lack of in-house expertise and skills for the transition to the cloud
• Limited resources for maintaining operational excellence
• Concerns about availability, resilience, and security of the future platform
• Uncertainty regarding the business case and TCO
• Unplanned delays and unexpected cost overruns
• Risk of service downtimes and disruptions during migration
• Ensuring data integrity and regulatory compliance

Centric IT Solutions offers this assessment as a cloud consulting service aligned with Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and Azure Well-Architected framework, covering the crucial Plan phase of the CAF.

The service is based on a structured approach, delivered as four collaborative 3-hour workshops within a timeframe of 3 weeks, where a multidisciplinary team of cloud, DevOps, and security experts will work with client’s subject matter experts, to make sure that the service delivery aligns with the defined cloud adoption strategy.

DELIVERABLES

Within 3-4 weeks after conducting the workshops, Centric will provide the results of the assessment, including:

• A step-by-step cloud transition roadmap, covering modernization recommendations and plans for the identified workload migration s
• A cloud readiness report, including recommendations regarding additional competencies and skills for the client's team supporting the future mode of operations
• A Total Cost of Ownership estimate that will help to create an optimized target environment and operations model
• Transparent documentation, including comprehensive migration plans

BENEFITS

• A Viable Migration Plan to minimize disruptions and align with their specific business requirements
• Financial Risk Mitigation through thorough cost-benefit analysis along with strategies to monitor costs
• Minimized Risk of downtime and service disruption through robust continuity planning
• Data Integrity and Security, maintaining compliance and protection throughout the process
• A Knowledgeable Team with a plan to build the required skills through knowledge transfer and training

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