There are so many "Cloud" companies in the market place that making the right choice as to which provider is best for you, what services are suitable to migrate to the Cloud and the business case to do so. Nephos Technologies are 100% independent of any vendor, we seek to understand your business and technological goals and identify the right providers for your applications. We can even help you migrate too. This brochure provides some information on our approach to helping you build a Cloud Strategy. For more information please do contact us on sales@nephostechnologies.com Don't forget to follow @NephosTech on twitter too!

1. Nephos
Technologies
Cloud
Readiness
Assessment
Service
The
Cloud
Computing
Challenge
services
to
market
faster
and
retain
high
value
employees.
They
focus
on
managing
and
delivering
services
and
not
an
asset.
Cloud
Cloud
Computing
is
one
of
the
fastest
growing
markets
within
the
Services
support
these
requirements.
IT
industry,
with
organisations
across
every
vertical
market
and
every
scale
of
organisation
benefitting
from
the
consumption
of
In
many
cases
internal
IT
departments
have
little
time
to
innovate
Cloud
Services.
This
has
spawned
a
number
of
providers
each
with
and
drive
value
back
to
the
business
due
to
the
level
of
their
own
opinion
on
what
“good”
looks
like
and
very
few
offering
infrastructure
that
they
are
asked
to
manage,
infrastructure
that
an
independent
opinion
on
best
practice
for
their
customer.
can
only
grow
over
time.
Not
all
services
are
suited
to
Cloud
delivery
models
and
as
such
IT
are
asked
to
manage
the
traditional
Despite
the
rapid
growth
in
this
space
it
is
a
market
place
still
in
its
infrastructure
as
well
as
the
Cloud
environment.
This
delivery
and
relative
infancy
with
organisations
seeking
to
understand
how
ongoing
management
needs
to
be
controlled
to
preserve
the
level
best
to
utilise
Cloud
services
and
the
impact
that
they
could
have
of
service
delivered
to
the
business.
on
their
business.
These
organisations
are
aiming
to
gain
clarity
on:
Different
parts
of
the
business
pull
in
different
directions,
its
natural,
but
this
shouldn’t
inhibit
your
ability
to
innovate
and
• The
tangible
business
benefit
of
Cloud
Services
benefit
from
Cloud
services.
Without
a
strategy
for
the
delivery
of
• Which
services
can
be
migrated
to
the
Cloud
services
success
will
be
hard
to
come
by
and
you
will
suffer
from
Cloud
sprawl.
The
most
dynamic
and
successful
businesses
in
your
• The
most
appropriate
provider
for
their
specific
sector
will
be
the
ones
that
utilise
Cloud
services
in
the
most
requirement
appropriate
way,
being
able
to
react
to
market
changes
and
new
• How
these
services
can
be
migrated
without
negatively
services
quicker.
impacting
the
business
From
a
business
perspective,
Executives
are
typically
being
driven
to
reduce
cost,
enable
the
business
to
deliver
new

2. How
Can
Nephos
Technologies
Help?
As
an
independent
Cloud
Services
Broker,
Nephos
Technologies
works
in
collaboration
with
our
customers,
listening
to
your
requirements
(both
business
and
technical)
and
translating
those
requirements
into
an
overarching
Cloud
strategy,
and
executing
on
any
elements
of
the
recommended
strategy
should
we
be
asked
to
do
so.
Cloud
is
a
business
rather
than
technical
solution
and
Nephos’
consultative
approach
enables
us
to
translate
your
overall
business
strategy
and
make
recommendations
as
to
how
Cloud
Services
can
support
that
strategy;
we
can
provide
the
following
information
as
part
of
that
review
process:
Business
Assessment
Our
business
assessment
involves
the
interaction
of
one
of
our
consultants
with
line
of
business
heads
to
understand
the
following
aspects
of
your
business:
• Business
Strategy/Plans:
How
is
success
measured?
• Business
Targets:
What
are
the
targets
for
the
business,
this
may
be
based
on
new
customer
acquisition,
talent
retention
or
acquisition
or
new
market
development
for
example.
• Financial
Targets:
We
want
to
understand
the
financial
position
of
the
organisation
and
the
commercial
pressures
on
the
relevant
lines
of
business
to
reduce
costs
• Application
Usage:
We
want
to
understand
the
core
services
that
your
business
utilise
and
their
priority
within
the
business
• Business
Continuity:
What
is
your
process
for
business
continuity,
what
service
levels
must
you
achieve
to
ensure
minimum
impact
to
the
business
if
you
were
to
invoke
your
business
continuity
policy
Technology,
Process
and
People
–
The
Key
to
Your
Cloud
Strategy

3. 2
1
Technical
Assessment
Our
findings
are
then
presented
to
you
in
a
management
report,
which
is
yours
to
own
and
do
with
as
you
see
fit,
but
Nephos
As
part
of
the
technical
assessment
we
consider
the
following
core
Technologies
also
has
the
ability
to
execute
against
your
aspects:
recommended
strategy
and
support
you
in
the
migration
to
Cloud..
• Data
Security:
What
are
the
security
requirements
for
Summary
locating
your
data
and
for
things
like
encryption,
what
external
regulation
are
you
impacted
by
Nephos
Technologies
provides
our
customers
with
an
independent
view
of
your
current
infrastructure,
the
opportunity
that
Cloud
• Application
Compatibility:
What
services
are
suited
to
a
Services
provides
specific
to
your
business
and
the
potential
delivery
Cloud
delivery
model,
how
easily
can
they
be
converted
route
to
execute
on
that
plan.
Our
engagement
considers
the
and
what
is
the
cost
and
infrastructure
requirement
for
business,
technical
and
financial
aspects
of
your
journey
to
the
doing
so
Cloud
to
give
a
rounded
strategy
with
true
business
benefits.
• Storage
Requirements:
What
are
the
current
storage
environments,
requirements
for
today
and
likely
growth
in
the
future
Nephos
Technologies
will
provide
a
free
of
charge
2-­‐hour
workshop
to
understand
your
requirements
and
to
begin
this
process.
For
• Compute
Requirements:
What
are
the
core
services
in
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information
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us
on
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place
and
what
are
their
compute
requirements
• Connectivity
Requirements:
what
are
the
connectivity
requirements
for
specific
applications,
they
may
be
able
to
be
“cloudified”
but
can
the
connectivity
support
it
and
will
it
affect
service
• Service
Operations:
What
service
levels
are
required
to
support
business
operations
for
individual
services?
Financial
Assessment
As
part
of
our
review
process,
and
as
part
of
any
business
case
that
we
construct,
we
seek
to
understand
the
cost
impact
for
the
business.
We
assess
some
key
cost
components
and
compare
those
to
the
likely
cost
of
delivering
like
for
like
services
in
the
Cloud
• Capital
Expenditure
Review
–
review
of
the
current
cost
base
and
cost
of
expansion
in
line
with
projected
growth
• Operational
Expenditure
Review
–
review
of
the
current
OPEX
cost
base,
projected
future
cost
base
• Environmental
Expenditure
Review
–
what
is
the
current
environmental
footprint
of
the
existing
infrastructure
and
the
projected
growth
of
the
infrastructure
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Technologies
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