Cloud Landing Zone
ASSESSMENT
Cloud migration and optimization remain essential for businesses of all sizes and industries. Our assessment leverages proven best practices to help you efficiently migrate your existing infrastructure to the cloud – with a clear focus on cost optimization, security, and governance.
We collaborate to evaluate your current IT landscape and specific applications, designing a tailored landing zone architecture that perfectly meets your company’s requirements.
FOR WHOM?
- IT managers
- Tech-savvy executives
- IT- and cloud architects
- (Cloud-)engineers
BENEFITS
- In-depth assessment of your current environment
- Identification of relevant cloud use cases
- Tailored target architecture design
OUTCOME
- Define a clear, unified cloud strategy
- Apply security and governance best practices
- Streamline cloud application deployment
Current State Analysis and Documentation
Duration: 1 day
- We begin by mapping your existing cloud environment—including compute, network, and all active environments like development and production.
- We help you identify your key business applications and systems while incorporating essential security and governance policies to build a robust foundation for your cloud strategy.
Use Cases and Critical Applications
Duration: 0,5 days
- Our experts help you clarify why moving to the cloud makes sense for your business.
- Together, we find potential use cases and determine which applications are pivotal to your IT landscape.
- Finally, you make an informed decision about which business applications should be migrated to the cloud.
Architecture Design – IAM, Networking and Governance
Duration: 1,5 days
- Next, we assess your infrastructure's cloud maturity with a focus on costs to identify potential savings.
- Together, we evaluate the reference architectures of leading cloud providers based on your networking, identity & access management (IAM), and governance requirements.
- We then develop a dedicated landing zone solution that is optimally aligned with your use cases.
FinOps, DevSecOps and Platform Engineering
Duration: 1 day
- In this section, we establish both fundamental and advanced FinOps principles to help you optimize your cloud resource costs.
- Our experts design a baseline automation concept for your infrastructure and applications using CI/CD pipelines and Git.
- Finally, you learn how DevSecOps, GitOps, and Platform Engineering work together in the context of your use cases to create additional benefits.
Final Review and Strategic Outlook
Duration: 1 day
- On the final day, our team delivers essential documentation and tools to successfully set up your cloud landing zone.
- You gain a comprehensive understanding of strategies and long-term goals to proactively address future challenges.
- We review the process and secure your formal approval before delivering a detailed final report that serves as a reliable roadmap for your next steps.
The next Steps (optional)
- Deep Dive: Expand your expertise with advanced modules, such as Kubernetes best practices and landing zone security hardening.
- Implementation: Our cloud experts help you bring your custom landing zone design to life.
- Consulting: We evaluate mission-critical applications to your business and guide you through their migration to the cloud.
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