Advanced Cloud Modernization and Transformation Services
In the rapidly evolving landscape of IT modernization, this technical whitepaper elucidates our advanced approach to transforming enterprises into adaptive, resilient, and sustainable entities. With a focus on technical intricacies and robust methodologies, our end-to-end service portfolio is engineered to expedite business outcomes throughout the modernization continuum.
Alchemy’s Advanced Modernization Methodology
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Validating the growth options of a leading digital transformation company
During a buy-side commercial due diligence of a top digital consulting and engineering company, we confirmed the target’s growth options and business plan with a focus on the key assumptions supporting its top-line growth and track record. As part of our review, we provided the client with potential M&A targets that could spur inorganic opportunities for the target company in a new geography.
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Determining investment feasibility and identifying cost-saving process improvements
Our product and technology due diligence of a software company in the asset management industry confirmed that its architecture and infrastructure supported the transactional scalability required to meet the investment objectives. We also provided investment recommendations, which ultimately enabled the client to streamline processes, lower costs and speed up product delivery to clients.
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Delivering IT migration plan within six months for carve-out of leading vehicle maker
During a global truck manufacturer’s carve-out from its parent company, we developed a comprehensive aftersales retail IT strategy and provided a three-year roadmap for the migration of 30+ applications and systems and all related data.
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Future-Proofing Technology and Cloud Strategy
o Strategic Planning Processes: Iterative and cross-functional strategic planning processes for continuous evolution.
o Modernization Factory Model: Employing a smart, agile, and scalable modernization factory model, addressing technical debt systematically.
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Product and Service Innovation
o Cloud-Native Development and DevSecOps Factory: Implementing advanced cloud-native development practices and integrating DevSecOps seamlessly.
o Legacy Core Systems Modernization: Employing agile SaaS integration, configuration, or domain-driven rebuild methodologies to ensure business continuity and risk mitigation.
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Container Services
o Containerization Strategies: Implementing containerization for scalable, portable, and efficient application deployment.
o Kubernetes Orchestration: Utilizing Kubernetes for effective container orchestration and management.
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Full-Stack Management
o SRE and CloudOps/AIOps Managed Services: Implementing full-stack site reliability engineering and CloudOps/AIOps for multi and hybrid cloud environments.
o Sustainability Integration: Aligning cloud strategies to meet sustainability goals.
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Advanced Cloud Modernization and Transformation Services
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Analyze the Architecture
Our process begins with a thorough analysis of your existing architecture. We evaluate your current systems to identify both opportunities for improvement and any potential challenges. This analysis lays the foundation for creating a roadmap tailored to your specific modernization needs.
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Fix Issues & Baseline
Addressing identified issues is a crucial step in the modernization journey. We work to fix any architectural shortcomings and establish a baseline for improvement. This stage is focused on creating a stable starting point from which we can build a more advanced and efficient system.
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Observe Architecture Drift
Continuous monitoring is essential to ensure the sustainability of the modernized architecture. We vigilantly observe for any instances of architectural drift, keeping a watchful eye on emerging issues. This proactive approach allows us to detect deviations and address them promptly, maintaining the integrity of your modernized system.
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Cloud Strategy, Planning, and Architecture Advisory Services
o Cloud Strategy & Business Alignment: Integrating cloud strategy with business imperatives through continuous strategic alignment processes.
o Cloud Assessments: Employing advanced assessments covering application portfolio, architecture, foundations, API, data, compliance, security, sustainability, governance, and operating model.
o Cloud Adoption & Implementation Planning: Crafting detailed roadmaps and implementation plans for prioritized cloud initiatives.
o Advisory Services: Providing expert advice on cloud innovations, key architecture tenets, platforms, compliance, and security.
o Cloud Competence Center Design & Setup: Advising on the design and setup of a cutting-edge Cloud Competence Center.
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IT and Application Cloud Modernization Services
o Cloud Foundations: Establishing modern cloud foundations, including hybrid infrastructure, distributed systems, edge computing, development platforms, containers, API service mesh, DevSecOps, and SRE.
o Cloud Migrations: Executing efficient and low-disruption migrations of infrastructure, data, applications, and accounts.
o Application Portfolio Strategic Modernization: Strategically modernizing portfolios at scale with a modern factory approach.
o Core Business Systems Modernization: Systematically rebuilding critical monolithic core business systems with modern composable architecture.
o Data, Analytics & AI Modernization: Developing modern data capabilities, responsible data science, and AI applications for intelligent automation.
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Validating the growth options of a leading digital transformation company
During a buy-side commercial due diligence of a top digital consulting and engineering company, we confirmed the target’s growth options and business plan with a focus on the key assumptions supporting its top-line growth and track record. As part of our review, we provided the client with potential M&A targets that could spur inorganic opportunities for the target company in a new geography.
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Determining investment feasibility and identifying cost-saving process improvements
Our product and technology due diligence of a software company in the asset management industry confirmed that its architecture and infrastructure supported the transactional scalability required to meet the investment objectives. We also provided investment recommendations, which ultimately enabled the client to streamline processes, lower costs and speed up product delivery to clients.
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Delivering IT migration plan within six months for carve-out of leading vehicle maker
During a global truck manufacturer’s carve-out from its parent company, we developed a comprehensive aftersales retail IT strategy and provided a three-year roadmap for the migration of 30+ applications and systems and all related data.
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Cloud-Native Development Services
• Experience & Design: Designing human-centered products, services, and experiences through design thinking sprints and rapid prototyping.
• Dynamic Product Development Sprint: Rapidly building new minimum viable products (MVPs) in the cloud using cloud-native technologies and the 12-factor method.
• Cloud-Native Platform Set-Up: Implementing, configuring, and operating modern cloud development and runtime platforms for on-premises or PaaS.
• Lean Agile DevOps: Implementing the Lean Agile DevOps pivot framework for scalable and high-fidelity change.
• Cloud-Native Software Factory: Building a globally scalable and blended software factory to accelerate product and service innovation.
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Enterprise SaaS Solution Integration Services
• Value Stream Assessment: Diagnosing pains and opportunities through a value-stream-focused approach.
• Solution Design & Planning: Designing human-centered experiences, developing architectures, and planning for integration, migration, and legacy decommissioning.
• Agile Commissioning: Implementing the SaaS solution through agile sprints into enterprise technology, data, analytics, security, and operational environments.
• Change Management: Supporting deployment, go-live, scale-up, adoption, and legacy decommissioning with comprehensive planning, communication, training, and user support.
• Managed Services: Providing ongoing service management, systems administration, analytics, support, maintenance, and continuous improvement.
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Cloud Governance, Management, and Operations
• Cloud Optimization & FinOps: Continuously improving governance, management, and usage of cloud services for cost, efficiency, quality, scale, sustainability, and optimization.
• Cloud Compliance & Security: Protecting identities, privacy, data, workloads, and networks across multi-cloud environments in zero-trust settings.
• Cloud Management Services with AIOps: Providing operational excellence with dynamic CloudOps, AIOps, and DevOps, driven by data, AI, and automation.
• Management Accelerators & Solutions: Deploying and tuning Alchemy, cloud-native, and third-party tooling and accelerators for CloudOps, AIOps, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and SRE.
• Cloud Competence Center: Developing and seeding critical cloud capabilities enterprise-wide, including skills, architecture, cloud platform expertise, best practices, technology guidance, and adoption.
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