Cloud

Cloud deployment of key applications and data stores has been a huge paradigm shift in our industry over the past 5-10 years.  However, data losses, outages, and security breaches occur, which leads to concerns about the safety of cloud environments.

In reality, most issues are caused by inappropriate deployments and configurations and we can work with your IT team to migrate some or all of your key systems to the cloud safely and cost effectively.  TEAM IM migrated all of our systems to the cloud over seven years ago and our experts have worked with Amazon, Azure, Oracle, Google, and private cloud vendors.  We can also advise you on hybrid and private cloud appliance deployments.

Most of our recent advisory engagements include at least some analysis of cloud migrations and platforms.  Our experienced advisors can help you determine where to start, how to select vendors and platforms, and how to integrate cloud with your existing systems.

Migration

Many clients have large quantities of content in shared folders or file systems. This is inefficient, costly, and potentially risky. 

A recent client had over 70TB of files on two large shared disk arrays and the volume was growing unsustainably.  A strategic engagement documented the content in these files and folders and where they were stored.  We then developed a plan to migrate all of the valuable data to managed platforms and securely delete the rest.

Compliance

Managing files and data stores with client or personal information can pose a large risk for organizations – especially with the rapid evolution of legislation in various jurisdictions.

Our team was able to assist a large public sector authority in developing and deploying retention policies for files to achieve improved findability to respond quickly to public records requests.

To achieve this we first had to understand what content existed and where, and how to best manage it once it was identified and tagged.

Rationalization

Many organizations grow by acquisition and it is common to find multiple data stores and management systems working inefficiently in parallel.

 A recent client had grown rapidly in the past years and now had multiple ERP, CRM, and content management systems with no integration or data sharing between them.  Our experts developed a roadmap to address key challenges and enable their tech team to focus energy and resources on systems and integrations that would generate the best ROI.  We were also able to identify substantial cost savings by eliminating superfluous applications, support, and infrastructure.