Migration & Modernization for Applications, Databases, and Infrastructure to Azure

Kyndryl Cloud Migration & Modernization for Apps & Infrastructure services are aligned to accomplish a client’s business strategy and transformation goals of adopting Azure cloud.

Services support the following:

• Rebuild, rearchitect, refactor custom applications to use cloud native services and containers.
• Migrate and modernize SAP to Azure.
• Migrate and modernize Oracle Applications to Azure.
• Rehost x86 servers to Azure Instance, AVS and AIX LPARs to Skytap on Azure.
• Mainframe workload rehost or refactor to Azure.
• Refactor databases to Azure SQL, SQL MI, Oracle DB on Azure, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB on Azure.
• Rearchitect databases to Azure SQL, SQL MI, Cosmos DB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB on Azure.
• Managed services for bespoke applications, enterprise applications, servers, LPARs, databases, cloud native services.

Technologies Supported:

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure DevOps, Azure Policy, Azure compliance offerings, Azure Workbooks, Azure Advisor, Azure Key Vault, Azure Backup, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Azure Artifacts, Azure Container Registry, Azure Pipelines, GitHub services, Azure AIOps services.
• MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MariaDB, Azure Cosmos DB.
• Azure Files, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Blob Storage.

Migration / Modernization Phases Covered:

• Assessment – for migration/modernization of infrastructure, application & databases. Includes code analysis & remediation requirements identification. Takes 2 to 4 weeks depending on size and complexities.
• Discovery – collect source landscape data to determine application usage by business and application dependencies; create migration/modernization plan.
• Architectural design – plan future functions, features, architecture, and integrations of applications.
• Azure Landing Zone Design – leverage reusable assets, reference architectures, and blueprints based on client's network, security, compliance, and architecture needs.
• Azure Landing Zone Build – create standard, scalable, and secure platform across private, public and hybrid cloud models.
• Preparation & testing – run PoCs/rehearsals, integration & performance tests, and UAT to finalize event execution plan.
• Event Implementation – create a comprehensive event plan, run migration/modernization as per plan with UAT, switch-over, and get ready for hyper-care support.
• Manage – provide secure & mission-critical monitoring, management, and support services with SLA's.

Client Business Challenges:

• Lack of "Thought Leadership" to handle challenges involved in migrating, modernizing to Azure cloud, due to technical debt and legacy system complexity.
• Need guidance to develop cloud technology strategy - identify solutions to suit their cloud adoption & digital transformation objectives.
• Need project approach that is adaptable, reusable (reference architectures, solution blueprints), with automation & integrated tools to support migration/modernization.
• Lack of flexibility to scale up/down skilled IT resources quickly to coordinate multiple technologies across hybrid environments.
• Need to react swiftly and smoothly to automatically adjust IT capacity safely and securely to business needs.

Kyndryl Value Proposition:

• "Thought Leadership" on Advisory, Design, Implementation, Migration, Modernization, and Managed Services on Azure for varied workloads.
• Alignment with Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure to deliver repeatable, predictable results by scaling up/down based on workload volume & complexities.
• State-of-the-art automation to reduce project risk, costs, and effort.
• Proven methodology with over 30 patents & 200,000 successful global migration, modernization, and digital transformations.
• Flexible, modular, and agile services to support full/select phases of migration & modernization.
• Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Hybrid IT Consulting and Integration Services 2023 Vendor Assessment.
• Major Contender: Everest Application Transformation Services PEAK Matrix Assessment 2024 – North America & Europe.
• Dynatrace Service Provider of the Year in Latin America and Rising Star Award in EMEA.

Terms, conditions, duration, and pricing are custom to each engagement. Please contact us to discuss a solution to meet your business needs. Offer availability may be limited in some countries.

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