Engagement Opportunities
The following are a sample of the engagements offered by Burton Group Consulting Services and should not be viewed as an exhaustive list of engagements.
Cloud Architecture Strategy and Roadmap Development
This engagement is designed to assist IT organizations to define cloud computing architecture in clear and concise terms by addressing these questions: What is driving organizations to cloud computing? What is cloud computing optimum architecture in all tiers (i.e. SaaS, PaaS, SIaaS, HIaaS) based on your requirements? What are the usage and business models for your organization? Who are some of the main players? and How to get there? This engagement will also describe Burton Group’s cloud computing business case tools to analyze different alternatives and help IT organizations comprehend how cloud computing technology can create a competitive advantage.
For more information or to start a consulting engagement, please send an email to consulting@burtongroup.com or contact your Burton Group Account Executive directly.
Cloud Security and Risk Assessment
Cloud computing is a strong technical and economic force transforming IT, but enterprise customers are concerned about security. Cloud computing security creates significant risks and requires a rethink - but not reinvention - of security programs and architectures. This engagement is designed to assist IT organizations to understand the impact of cloud risk considering the extent organizations leverage public or private clouds to accommodate themselves to security postures emphasizing risk transfer, deterrence, monitoring, feedback, and audit.
For more information or to start a consulting engagement, please send an email to consulting@burtongroup.com or contact your Burton Group Account Executive directly.
The Hosted Messaging Services Workshop is designed to help enterprises navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud-based e-mail services. The workshop will examine current market trends for hosted messaging, the reasons to move (or not) to cloud-based communications, and what organizations need to know to make sound decisions and mitigate risks. Attendees will learn how to assess current enterprise messaging environments, make comparisons of leading hosted e-mail offerings, and to build a business case and strategy for hosted enterprise messaging.
Hosted email services are the big news of 2009. Drawn in by the allure of low-cost enterprise services, the decision to deploy hosted e-mail is playing out in executive suites with top down pressure to make enterprise messaging system costs more predictable and manageable. The benefits of cloud-based e-mail services can be great as long as customers approach deployment with a clear understanding of how the services will support the business and technical needs of the organization. Those decisions can be hard to analyze given the deluge of sales oriented information that typically only tell one part of a complex story. This engagement helps organization decide on deploying hosted email services.