Consulting & Advisory Services

Building a strategy leveraging cloud computing or embarking on a virtualization and consolidation initiative involves a complex array of fast-changing components including new technology platform choices, important systems development decisions, new pricing and licensing schemes, unearthing critical details of service provider environments, and a multitude of vendor options. In addition, there are fundamental paradigm shifts in how we think about resources. Virtual and cloud resources have a significant impact on traditional IT functions including system administration, security, compliance, privacy, performance, sizing, management, and monitoring.

Flash Cloud Consulting incorporates a multidimensional assessment, planning, and prioritization methodology embodying Cloud Approach knowledge and experience in strategy, security, and implementation. These dimensions are evaluated relative to your organization's full IT technology stack, lifecycle management process, and business environment including costs, benefits, relative weighting of CAPEX and OPEX expenditures in accordance with existing and projected budgets, one-time versus recurring costs, schedule, service-level agreements, and specific key stakeholder business concerns.

Flash Cloud Consulting includes dimensions for all fundamental areas of cloud computing and virtualization and consolidation strategy including :