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Tips On Cloud Services Migration and Integration

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WheelHouse Solutions works with companies, nationwide, allowing them to move some of their workloads to cloud platforms. Selecting one application to evaluate its cloud portability, is simple. If there are no significant changes to the architecture, WheelHouse will assess the compliance requirements and security, and then “lift and shift” the application to the cloud.

A growing number of businesses are considering moving their applications to public and hybrid clouds in order to compete more effectively and replace outdated data centers and applications. Unfortunately, migrating company-wide software applications includes the risks of service interruptions, project failure, and delays. Many companies are not prepared to evaluate connectivity and performance issues and migration to the cloud can take months or even years, if not properly executed. WheelHouse provides comprehensive Cloud Migration Services that utilizes best-in-class technologies, ensuring a clouds smooth migration.

WheelHouse employs a standard methodology and effective architecture to plan and migrate your business applications, data, operating systems and configuration − based on your company’s needs. These standardized methodologies shorten project timelines and decrease costs when migrating to public clouds or between clouds, virtual platforms or data centers. Your company can take advantage of the many benefits of the public, such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and other popular cloud platforms, while working with a single vendor, providing hybrid cloud management, infrastructure, and migration services.

WheelHouse can even manage complex hybrid cloud transitions and provide Infrastructure as a Service that integrates mainframe and other cloud services into an effective and reliable network. WheelHouse Solutions services include:

Cloud Assessment & Consulting
  • We’ll analyze the cloud-readiness of your application portfolio and determine whether to “lift-and-shift”, update or completely modernize

Discovery Services

  • We’ll graph your full IT infrastructure, uncover potential needs and problems, and explore network performance.

Cloud Migration Services

  • We’ll rapidly migrate physical and virtual x86-based, cloud-ready workloads, and re-host applications. WheelHouse will capture, deploy and sync workloads and perform testing and verification.

Discover Opportunities & Avoid Risks

Successful migrations require actionable analysis. Unfortunately, to assess the current environment, for cloud migration, most organizations must rely on the process of conducting interviews with their team and collecting data, manually. This error-prone process can lead to delays and roadblocks for moving enterprise applications to the cloud.

Cloud Readiness

WheelHouse Solutions utilizes a holistic strategy to evaluate the cloud-readiness of our customers’ business applications. We help clients assess the cloud portability of their enterprise applications, using a proprietary tools framework, and then execute their migration to the Cloud. We employ analytical methodologies to rate the application fitness for the Cloud. Our methods utilize all aspects of the appropriate qualities – risk, technology and business viability.

How it Works

  1. Preplanning Discussion – During an initial 30-minute consultation, one of our account managers will learn more about your company’s needs and objectives and answer any questions you might have about Cloud Planning Services.
  2. Customized Proposal – After assessing your company’s requirements and objectives, your account manager will recommend one of our Cloud Planning Services.
  3. Execute Proposal – Your account manager will work with you to execute a standard consulting agreement for fixed services or for a customized engagement.
  4. Complete Engagement Preparation – Your account manager will provide you with an assessment, which you will need to complete, prior to the engagement kickoff meeting. Your account management manager will be happy to answer any questions you may have along the way.
  5. Review Results & Next Steps – At the engagement kickoff meeting, we’ll provide you with a detailed report including our recommendations for a cloud adoption strategy.

WheelHouse Solutions provides cloud migration and planning services to business around the world. We invite you to fill out the form on this page or call us at 314-492-2506 to request additional information about our cloud migration and planning services. We’ll work with you to develop a solution that will meet your needs now, as well as provide for future growth and flexibility.

Five Ways Cloud Storage Solutions Can Improve Your Business

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Technology advances so quickly that you may become bewildered at all the options available to you. One of the choices you may find yourself making is the choice between traditionally stored data and cloud storage. You’re probably more familiar with traditional methods, but there are a few things you ought to know about cloud storage before making up your mind. One of them is how you can use cloud storage to improve your business practices and efficiency. Here are five ways cloud storage can help you do business more intelligently.

Safeguard Your Data

If a natural disaster hits your business, you won’t have to worry about losing all your projects if you’ve stored everything in the cloud. The physical components of cloud hosting are kept in several different locations and heavily protected for security. Similarly, you won’t have to worry about theft of valuable data. Security is easy; all you have to do is use strong passwords to prevent unauthorized access, and all your information will be untouchable.

Take Pressure Off Technical Staff

When you use cloud storage, your IT staff can stop worrying about taking care of data storage and focus on the other aspects of helping your business run smoothly. If you’re just starting up your business, also consider that the lessened data storage work may mean you can hire fewer technical people, reducing your overall operating costs.

Improve Public Image

Although it may soon become the norm and displace on-site servers almost entirely, cloud hosting today is a newer technology and therefore taking advantage of it can make your business look especially tech-savvy. This can give you a cutting edge which you can then use as a business advantage over your competition.

Reduce Hassle for All Employees

Because cloud storage solutions are so user-friendly, your employees will find it easier to accomplish their projects. You and your employees can access your data from any mobile device, which translates into the constant availability of work projects wherever your employees are. As you can imagine, this feature greatly increases the potential for productivity.

Improve Versatility and Flexibility

In addition to versatile access, cloud storage offers versatility in several other areas as well. For example, because cloud hosting is virtual, it doesn’t take up any space in your office. This allows you to make more efficient use of your space than ever before. In addition, it’s easier when you’re starting up a business because you don’t have to add acquiring the infrastructure for data storage to your start-up costs. Another way cloud storage offers flexibility is by allowing you to increase your storage without taking up more physical space or expending more money on enlarging your infrastructure.

These are just five of the many ways cloud storage can help your business thrive. As you can see, the many benefits it provides outweigh any possible downsides. If your dream is crafting an up-to-date business that stays ahead of the competition, cloud storage is one of the tools you can use to realize that goal.

WheelHouse Solutions provides fully managed IT infrastructure and applications, in cloud-enabled environments. By utilizing our managed cloud services, businesses can enjoy best of class service, rapidly provisioned hardware, middleware and outstanding support to meet their IT demands.

WheelHouse solutions also offer cloud hosting services, as well as a team of cloud service specialists to help our customers effectively manage their IT infrastructure.  Call us at 314-492-2506 to speak with one of our knowledgeable staff.