Cloud Readiness Assessment, Cloud Consulting Services, Hybrid Cloud Integration

Whether it's containerizing applications, modernizing applications, modernizing ERP, or building new cloud native applications, start with our Cloud Readiness Assessment.

We help you sort through the many cloud choices including capabilities, costs, and help you take practical steps forward in your cloud journey.

Key Deliverables of Your Cloud Readiness Assessment

Client Cloud Business Objectives & Timelines - Assess & Document
Application(s) Assessment – consider functional and technical readiness
Create Readiness Report -- Risks, Assumptions, and Issues
Compare Clouds – Document Tier 1 Cloud Vendor Capabilities & Est. Costs
Prioritize & Document Cloud Capabilities & Features
Provide Top 3 Cloud Vendor options / recommendations
Review & Discuss Final Deliverables

Gaps in New Cloud Strategy & Capabilities

What are your challenges?

Many clouds > lots of complexity
Potential for lock-in?
How do I ensure resiliency?
How do I ensure governance?
Takes too long to deploy new app infrastructure
Growing shadow IT

Hybrid cloud integration is complex. We guide you through every step of the way, starting with a cloud readiness assessment.

If you're facing any of the following questions, KS2 cloud consulting services can help guide you through the process.

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What app should I move to the cloud?

What infrastructure design for cloud?

Database in private cloud?
Web server in public cloud?
Hybrid / secure gateway to connect public, private, on premise applications?

What cloud matches my need?

Oracle, IBM, Red Hat, AWS, Microsoft, Private?
What are the right: Features, Packaging, Pricing?

How do I provision and orchestrate to different clouds?

How do I read these bills? Are they accurate? How do I manage these contracts? Pricing keeps changing!
How can I get a business support system that allows me to manage my business objectives and provide decision support?

I need a multi-level public, private, or hybrid cloud integration with my existing IT and financial management systems and investments.

The Ideal Solution: Get More Out of the Cloud

Collaborative Design > Match to Right Clouds > Add Managed Services > Estimated Bill of IT > Flow of Approvals > Order, Orchestrate & Provision > Manage, Control, Decide

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Key Benefits:

Provide IT value add to business users; corral Shadow IT
Speeds overall process to deliver app infrastructure

Improves my staff's productivity through automation
Reduces lock-in and makes me future proof

Provides governance and cost management
Masks cloud complexity

Cloud Buyer's Journey

Containerize Applications

Assess: inventory current applications, prioritize, identify dependencies, and develop Business Case
Containerize: leverage Docker & Kubernetes to containerize native JEE applications and IBM middleware / integration apps – incl. IBM MQ, WAS, App Connect Pro, DataPower and more.
Modernize: build and run your own private cloud. Decide if on premise, public cloud, or hybrid deployment is best.
Lift and Shift: rehost, refactor, or replatform your application to the AWS cloud

Cloud Native Development

Rethink: assess applications for fit / gap with current business requirements. Leverage design thinking techniques to identify and understand new perspectives and business requirements.
Build: build minimum viable product (MVP) to prove out requirements. Leverage agile techniques to quickly iterate on features and functions.
Test: leverage toolchains, pipelines, and automated testing to quickly move applications from qa to production.
Deploy: improve and move your applications to AWS Cloud, securely

ERP Modernization

Assess: analyze your current on premise ERP platform, version, architecture, integrations/dependencies, EDI, hosting, mobile, analytics, and firewall impacts.
Roadmap: examine cloud possibilities, cloud approaches, cloud costs, upgrade & migration plan, and business case. Improve agility with complimentary SaaS applications.
Lift and Shift: move and migrate your ERP workloads to the cloud including data migration and custom objects. Integrate and test on premise and cloud apps for a seamless experience.
Disaster Recovery: leverage Oracle Cloud Infra (OCI), AWS or other clouds for disaster recovery (DR) or high availability (HA).

Cloud Consulting Services, Managed Services, & Support

manage and monitor cloud applications & environments for maximum up time and value.

Our hybrid cloud integration team is certified in multiple clouds including IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and AWS.

There are too many cloud options with no clear path to success. Discuss your Cloud needs with one of our cloud consulting experts.

Hybrid Cloud is complex. KS2 makes it easy and safe with our certified IT consultants, accredited partnerships and proven B.E.S.T. process. We are a recognized IBM Gold Business Partner and an Oracle Gold Partner.

Contact Us

817.310.1800

sales@ks2inc.com

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Grapevine, Texas 76051