What’s involved
Assess data volumes, access patterns, application dependencies, retention requirements, and connectivity. Select suitable object, file, or block storage and agree the provider, hosting region, capacity, performance, and cost controls. Configure identity-based access, encryption, lifecycle policies, monitoring, and private connectivity where supported. Plan and carry out the agreed data migration, validate permissions and application access, and define versioning, backup, and recovery arrangements appropriate to the workload.
What you receive
A cloud storage design and capacity plan, configured storage and access policies, migration and validation records, cost and usage controls, and operational documentation covering retention, monitoring, and agreed recovery procedures.
When it helps
When expanding storage capacity, moving shared files or application data to the cloud, enabling access across locations, or reviewing storage costs, security, and retention requirements.
Planning your enterprise service
Enterprise projects need clear ownership, controlled changes, and a design that reflects business dependencies. We work with your IT stakeholders to define the operational requirements before recommending or implementing changes.
- Confirm application owners, tenant access, address ranges, provider services, and responsibility for each environment.
- Consider bandwidth, latency, usage charges, route overlap, and resilience requirements before implementation.
Agreeing the scope and handover
Delivery can include assessment, design, implementation, optimization, or ongoing support. The scope, access arrangements, delivery location, responsibilities, and timescales are agreed for each engagement.
IN PRACTICE
A real-world example
Migrate an enterprise document repository to cloud file storage, configure access by department, validate branch-office connectivity, and test the agreed versioning and recovery process before retiring the previous storage.
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