Datafox Cloud Ready Services

Cloud Readiness Assessment

Analysis of as-is IT architecture that includes gathering and analysis of the following information:

• Server systems;
• Network services;
• Business applications and use cases;
• Data classification principles and policies;
• IT Security;
• IT organization;
• IT budget and cost structure;
• Readiness to take cloud services into use;

As a result of cloud readiness assessment your organization will receive Cloud Maturity Model that includes at least the following contents:

• Summary report about as-is situation;
• Gap analysis about comparing as-is architecture with cloud architecture;
• Proposal for to-be IT architecture (e.g. Private Cloud / Hybrid Cloud / Public Cloud);
  • Cost estimations for proposed scenarios;
  • Proposal for cloud roadmap;

Datafox cloud services

• Consultation and Cloud readiness assessment;
• Implementation of Cloud Services (see Sample Cloud Workloads);
• System and/or data migration between cloud services;
• Integration of different cloud services (e.g. private and public cloud integration);
• Cloud operations management (monitoring, incident and change management) ;
• IT and business-user support;

Sample Cloud Workloads

Enterprise Office applications;

• Business class email and calendaring;
• Document Sharing & Feedback;
• Full office applications;
• Access from any device;
• HD Video Conferencing;
• Virtual desktop and applications;

Mobile and Remote workforce on cloud

• Behavioral analysis for advanced threat detection;
• Identity & access management;
• Simpler management of apps & devices;
• Information protection wherever it goes;
• Applications anywhere;
• On-premises identity and access management;

Infrastructure as a service - IaaS

• Availability—backed by replicas and an uptime SLA;
• Predictable performance you can dial up or down;
• Global reach;
• Pay-as-you-go;

Virtual Machines

• Virtual Machines with Resource Manager Templates;
• 1-Click Web App Deployment;
• Pre-configured applications and databases;
• Auto Scaling;
• Load Balancing;

Storage & Content Delivery

• Object-, block-, archive-, integrated and file system storage;
• Data transportation services;
• Durable and highly available;
• Designed for developers;

Databases

• Scalable to thousands of databases;
• Data protection via auditing, restore, and geo-replication;
• Programmatic DBA-like functionality for efficient DevOps;
• Self-managed for near-zero maintenance;
• Data warehouse readiness;

Backup and Disaster Recovery to cloud

• Simple, automated protection and disaster recovery in the cloud;
• Orchestrated disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS);
• Replication and disaster recovery to Cloud;
• Continuous health monitoring with Site Recovery;
• Compelling cloud-based backup alternative to tape;
• Secure and reliable backup as a service;
• Efficient and flexible online backup services;

Hybrid Cloud Scenarios

Advantage services from public cloud:

• Hybrid identity management (on-premise AD + Azure AD);
• Datacenter and/or backup second site on cloud;
• Additional storage space and computing power from cloud;
• Backup target from cloud;
• Test and dev environments on cloud;