Step 1: Rapid Assessment

$500 $0 special offer

cloudstep provides a rapid, low effort comparison between cloud providers allowing you to quickly focus on either, or, all of the following :

  • The identification of the most cost effective cloud platform
  • The establishment of a business case for stakeholder approval
  • A detailed plan for migration

All we need is an RVTools file to get started. This is a free, widely used tool that extracts information about your virtual infrastructure.

Receive comprehensive report as a Microsoft Word document.

And an overview presentation that paints the financial picture.

You can upload an RVTools file now or if you don’t have one we’ll send you instructions on how to build one. Its a piece of cake to get started.

What happens Next?

There’s no obligation to continue with the Business Case in a Box process. Your organisation might not need to complete all the steps either. We’ll book a session with you to walk through the reports and explore your next steps.

Step 2: Dig a Little Deeper

$10k $7.5k special offer

A guided process to help you understand the cost of your current environment so you can plan a move to the cloud with more certainty.

  • Use real utilisation data to nail down cloud prices
  • Get to grips with the application portfolio
  • Understand the real cost of your environment
  • Risk and Benefit Analysis
  • Right sizing to squeeze every dollar of cloud spend

Step 3: Enterprise Grade Plan

From $20k

This is where we properly examine the detail in your environment and nail down the business case for your finance people to approve. The range depends on what we learn from step 2.

  • Deeper technical discovery.
  • Layer on cloud vendor tools and data.
  • Ask your clients business and technical owners about applications.
  • Work with your client to schedule a migration plan.
  • Identify pre-requisite work.
  • Refine and flesh out risks and benefits.

Our proven 3-step process

The 3-step process has been designed to provide outputs with a single file starting point that identifies the most cost effective cloud platform through synthetic right sizing. This iterative process enables you to pivot quickly, adding as much detail as you desire for a business case or proceed with the creation of a well founded plan for migration that wont disrupt your core business needs. The 3-step process provides:

  • Independent agnostic advice
  • Clarity around where to host applications and infrastructure, public or private cloud
  • A business case that provides justification for change
  • A tailored reform and migration plan that considers risk mitigation and benefit realisation

Rapid assessment 

  • Live Optics assessment or RVTools file.
  • Rapid cloud comparison
  • Build initial model
  • Rapid qualification with your client.
  • Deal registration.
  • First pass synthetic cloud right-sizing.

Dig a little deeper 

  • Obtain utilization metrics.
  • Understand more costs.
  • Understand the application portfolio.
  • Identify Risks and Benefits.
  • Right Sizing.

Complete a prudent, credible plan

  • Deeper technical discovery.
  • Layer on cloud vendor tools and data.
  • Ask your clients business and technical owners about applications.
  • Work with your client to schedule a migration plan.
  • Identify pre-requisite work.
  • Refine and flesh out risks and benefits.