Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources such as servers, storage, applications, and software services. It is the primary weapon in the fight to achieve maximum efficiency and cost reduction of IT resources and staff. Cloud computing enables a company to focus on its business goals without having to be in the IT infrastructure business. Large cloud computing vendors also provide redundancy, high availability, and other economies of scale that cannot be matched by small and medium sized companies.
Let Exceptional help guide you through the clouds. Whether you seek to take advantage of a public, private, hybrid, or community cloud, Exceptional Software's services, combined with our business partnerships, allow us to guide our clients through an effortless entry into the clouds.
Our services can provide a tremendous jump-start to cloud. Some of our core services include:
- Requirements Analysis – Understanding the current IT structure and using best practices and lessons learned to help carve out those IT functions which will benefit most by migrating to a cloud. The Requirements Analysis is offered as a Professional Service and is an interactive process with Executive and Technical Management. It results in a Cost-Savings Analysis and a Requirements Summary.
- Cloud Policy and Governance – This Service helps a company build their internal Cloud Policy and Governance Statements as well as architect the technical methods to measure SLA fullfillment.
- COTS Product Evaluation – Provides a custom-tailored Cloud Vendor Functionality Comparison Matrix which is based on the specific requirements. This service can also be used to provide a liaison between the client and the cloud vendor to negotiate rates, fees, security, and SLAs.
- Solutions Design – Provides the design and development of the Network, Security, and System Architecture Diagrams which guarantees a clear understanding of the "build-to" environment.
- Migration Plan – This service develops and produces the actual Migration Plan with stages and timeframes.
- Implementation and Rollout – This service provides our clients with the guidance and Project Management to make sure that the Migration Plan is implemented properly and stays on track. We utilize our "lessons learned" to mitigate any risks that our clients might face by going it alone.
- Training – We offer comprehensive cloud training to several levels of Executive and Technical Management. Our pre-built Training covers topics such as "Introduction to Cloud Computing," "Cloud Migration Preparation," and "Cloud Security and SLA Management" along with many other course topics. We can also provide specialized topic training from client requests.
- Cloud Security Policy – Our IA security experts are well-versed in the latest encryption and federated identity techniques which can be employed in effective Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and cloud computing. We will provide you with technical direction, blueprints, and SLAs to guarantee that the data you need to protect will be safe in your particular cloud environment.
- Development and Operations – Exceptional is a software company that specializes in Client/Server, SOA, and Web-based software development. We can design, build, optimize, and help you host your applications or distributed services in your particular cloud environment.