Provide resilient global delivery of ICT services through distributed cloud based solutions. Reduce risks to security through maturing service design, delivery and operations. Expert Skills and capabilities to bring together resilient, multi-cloud solutions that meet compliance, regulation and security needs.

Your Cloud Strategy should answer the key questions

1. Scalability: Enable to quickly scale up or down, depending on the needs of the business.
2. Security: Provide protection against data breaches and other cyber-attacks.
3. Cost Savings: Demonstrate that it is cost-effective, and provides cost savings
4. Flexibility: Flexible to quickly adapt to changing business needs.
5. Reliability: Provide a reliable source of data storage, compute and applications.
6. Automation: Enable teams to automate processes and tasks.
7. Accessibility: Provide accessibility for authorised users to data and applications from anywhere, at anytime.

Key Features and Benefits of our Cloud Strategy Service

Features

• Drive agility and efficiency through Service, Development and Security.
• Architect your Cloud and Global ICT strategy to ensure Return on Investment.
• (re)Alignment of the operating model to meet Business Strategy, Vision and goals.
• Build resilience through the adoption of a distributed service model.
• Hybrid and Multi-cloud strategies that meet security, regulation and compliance.
• Align KPIs, reporting and delivery to meet risk, governance and assurance.
• Business case development that supports new and transformed services.
• Reduce costs and dependencies on expensive proprietary enterprise products.
• Identify, Plan and deliver the changes to your TOM to invigorate and restructure.
• Align Roles and Responsibilities to meet budget, stakeholder and delivery needs.

Benefits

• Align delivery to requirements, resources and risks to meet business goals.
• Increase maturity in Service delivery and Security Compliance.
• Improve ROI, across operations, change, licenses and supplier costs.
• Align Roles to operating goals, business challenges.
• Increase velocity, visibility, productivity and success in change delivery.
• Improve culture and team dynamics by aligning roles to skills.
• Meet obligations on compliance, governance and regulations.
• Aligned to NIST 800, ISO27k, COBIT, TOGAF, The OpenGroup IT4IT TOM.

Key Steps in developing your Cloud Strategy

Each project requires a tailored approach to ensure your Strategy meets and aligns to you Business, Security and Service needs, however this simple 8 step approach provides a high level outline approach that we will often use to plan and deliver you Cloud Strategy.

1. Establish a clear vision and objectives: Develop a clear vision and objectives for the Cloud strategy that align with the overarching business goals.
2. Understand the present: Conduct an assessment of the current technology ecosystem, including cloud-based applications and services, to understand the present environment.
3. Assess the risks: Assess the risks associated with the cloud applications and services (in-scope), such as security and compliance issues.
4. Identify requirements: Identify the specific requirements for cloud computing that must be met, including performance, scalability, and cost.
5. Evaluate options: Evaluate the various cloud computing options available, such as public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud, to determine the best fit for the organisation. 6.** Develop the road map**: Develop the road map for the Cloud strategy that outlines the key steps and timeline for implementation.
6. Monitor performance: Monitor the performance of the Cloud strategy over time to ensure that it is meeting the objectives and requirements.
7. Adhere to the relevant standards: Adhere to identified standards when developing and implementing the Cloud strategy, (eg ISO/IEC 27001 and NIST 800-53).