The Need

Companies deploying applications and services to the Internet often not prepared handle the requirements of remote management and the expectations of clients in an on-demand model. Management of remote data services, whether in the form of traditional servers or cloud services, requires a set of skills and tools most companies do not have and do not want to staff for when it is understood it will take their focus away from customer service, application enhancements and operations.
With the advent of a multitude of cloud services, the selection of vendors is also a serious concern.  Plans and budgets cannot be validated with when it is unclear which options really meet your need. Do you need a service that can scale up and down to meet demand? Will your technology and architecture be fully supported on the services you are investigating? Are there things that your service could do that would lower the effort required for development or management? These are critical questions but they require a non-biased, experienced resource to answer.

The Solution

Scio provides a set of Management Services for Cloud, traditional and hybrid infrastructure based on our experience managing a variety of applications for clients in all sorts of configurations. We can bring our experience to bear on your needs regardless of whether you just need review, monitoring, and maintenance of an existing infrastructure or you are considering an implementation and need help in planning, selection, and configuration of your service.

Our Approach

Scio’s experience in planning, specifying and implementing architecture, cloud services and infrastructure for a variety of applications gives us a growing knowledge base on subjects critical to successful implementation and management for applications that are delivered over the Internet. We can review your plans and needs and leverage our experience to provide a best of breed solution in a timely and cost-effective way.

Our services include:

• Architecture planning for applications, cloud services and complex deployments on the Internet
• Selection of an implementation appropriate to your needs whether it is single server, cluster, cloud or various combinations
• Security planning, implementation and assessment
• Planning for data backup, retention, surety, and security
• Evaluation of application latency and tuning of network and application services
• Planning for service continuity and redundancy
• Maintenance and operational planning and management including all the services necessary for standard 24X7 operations

Key-Value Added Elements

• Access to a team of specialists on demand with deep experience in many situations
• Plans and implementations based on knowledge of current solutions and successful engagements
• Management by dedicated staff members who understand your application, your customers, and can provide services and advice on your operations.

Value Received

• High level of expertise and knowledge of current infrastructure practices and cloud services
• Shorter project lifecycles
• Lower operational costs and higher reliability
• Higher flexibility from improved planning
• Improved recovery from service interruptions