The Journey to the Cloud
As a Cloud as a Service (CaaS) provider to dozens of clients from all sectors and of all sizes, NESS.Cloud is entrusted, among other things, with examining technological alternatives for our customers’ changing needs. Technology and tool selection is informed by our intimate familiarity with all available cloud systems and our familiarity with the organization’s needs. In the end, based on these considerations, we recommend migration of specific systems or entire business units of the enterprise to the cloud.
As part of the process of examining migrations to the cloud, we consider with customers the technological and economic issues (such as ROI and TCO), service levels, availability requirements of systems and data, regulatory restrictions, information security requirements, and maintenance over time factors in comparison with on-premises solutions and any other relevant issues or alternatives.
The journey to the cloud is made more complex according to the range of services and systems in the enterprise and the diversity of interfaces among the systems.
NESS.Cloud enjoys a significant advantage in planning and carrying out migrations of systems and solutions to the cloud. This expertise is derived from hundreds of engagements, migration methodologies, our broad base of services and capabilities. They proven capabilities allow us to address fully all of the enterprise’s technological and business needs.
We aim to be a “One Stop Shop” for the cloud migration process and the journey onward, taking full responsibility at every step along the way.
The cloud migration model is built from several stages, including:
- Scoping: We examine a customer’s business strategy and tailor their cloud journey accordingly
- Gap Analysis: We map the current situation, identifying unmet needs and holes to be filled
- Cloud Solution Architecture Planning: We help customers evaluate available solutions and services through personalized consulting as to the most suitable architecture for their project.
- Work plan: We develop a detailed go-forward plan, include scheduling, costing, and planning resources, including examination and analysis of all technological and budgetary alternatives
- Migration: We migrate system to the cloud (first as a proof of concept and then at full scale)
- Incremental testing and deployments of all systems
- Data and application migration
- Governance, controls and documentation
- Cloud systems maintenance, support and more
- Cost optimization (FinOps)
- Systems development and modernization
- Performance comparison, technical optimizations and more
Assessing Readiness for Migration to the Cloud
The first step in the journey to the cloud is assessing the level of readiness for migration. Will the tools, architectures, configurations and security practices that exist in the organization today fit the 4requirements of the cloud? What level of effort will be required to adjust them? Where is the best place to start? These are just some of the questions that need to be answered from the outset.
NESS.Cloud is your partner every step of the way on your enterprise’s journey to the cloud. Our team of experts will perform an assessment of readiness for cloud migration, close any existing gaps and build a detailed work plan and prioritization of the migration stages. Our goal is to empower you to migrate securely, quickly and cost-effectively to the cloud, accompanied at each stage by our domain 4specialists.
Optimization and FinOps
Working in the cloud allows an organization to consume only the resources it requires at any given moment. Ten servers or ten thousand, five gigabytes or a hundred petabytes, it all depends on what you configure, literally every second.
The problem is that incorrect settings, lack of monitoring of the infrastructure and usage, inefficiently planned work, or incorrect selection of cloud service price-packages each can inflate costs drastically.
As the organization uses more cloud infrastructure and services, especially in a multi-cloud strategy, the technical/financial management challenge becomes increasingly complex and at critical risk.
The NESS.Cloud FinOps team is led by world-class experts in IT economics and cloud infrastructure. But don’t just take their word for thing. With the help of automatic management and monitoring tools, supervised by specialists, we give you total ongoing visibility into your current and future costs as well as implementing continual optimizations that can save huge sums in cloud infrastructure and services.
Cloud Security & DevSecOps
NESS/CLOUD information and cybersecurity teams offer advanced solutions and services to protect all cloud environments in which the organization operates and requires. Through vigilance, compliance, and rapid response, we effectively manage and mitigate cyber threats and vulnerabilities in your cloud environment in real-time. We aim to automatically prevent known and unknown attacks before any damage can be done, minimizing risk to the enterprise’s essential data, content and corporate systems.
NESS.Cloud offers the most innovative and advanced information security solutions available on the market. We combine time-tested defensive implementations with a strategic response posture for high-profile organizations that must implement the most advanced protection against targeted threats.
There is an increasing recognition that good and proper security begins in early stage development environments, a trend known called Shift-Left. We therefore offer DevSecOps services for the effective security of all developmental operations and environments. This prevents a large array of potential flaws and hazards, such as the use of insecure code, reliance on vulnerable third parties, introduction of malicious code through CI/CD environments and much more.
NESS.Cloud DevSecOps experts have assembled a collection of market-leading tools for securing development environments. These advanced methods are essential for defending modern development environments, which are typically distributed across a vast array of components and processes.
Our information security specialists will be your active partners for protecting your development environments, starting with consulting and planning, through the implementation of tools, the definition of automation levels, the implementation of organizational practices and up to a fully managed service.
Hybrid Cloud Services
NESS.Cloud specializes in providing solutions in a Native Cloud configuration as well as hybrid configurations combining a public or private cloud with on-premises infrastructure.
Our comprehensive one-stop philosophy guides us in delivering end-to-end professional services including implementation, management, maintenance, operations and optimization of resource usage.
Hybrid cloud services allow enterprises to execute all information technology operations in the most flexible and cost-effective manner, automating IT processes so they can focus on their core businesses.
A hybrid cloud allows organizations to keep their most sensitive and critical data secure on premises while leveraging the computing powers and economic benefits of the public cloud for most other tasks.
CI/CD, DevOps and automation processes
Expertise is required to manage the cloud infrastructure and define the automation tools that interact with cloud resources. Our DevOps group experts offer services for the various stages of the migration to the cloud and the ongoing operations in it. This extends from consulting services, through workshops, trainings, expert services and concludes with an end-to-end managed service.
All this is realized in a variety of activities starting from the implementation of Agile processes in the organization, moving on to the DevOps methodology, integrating testing processes as part of the pipeline, on through system migration to the cloud. There may be a need to interface solutions between cloud or hybrid systems, developing dedicated solutions and cloud infrastructure for our customers. All of this running on top of the three leading cloud platforms in the world.
Among our specialties:
- Programming automations for cloud infrastructure management
- “Infrastructure-as-a-Code” using built-in methodologies of the leading clouds and tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, Jenkins, Azure, DevOps and many others
- Building infrastructure and CI/CD processes
Cloud Disaster Recovery
Prompt, secure, and complete recovery from an IT disaster is critical for any organization to ensure business continuity without losing time and incurring costs. Proper planning of computer rooms must account for the cloud or hybrid environment in its totality. We prepare DR procedures, implement them, update them continually and accompany the organization every step of the way.
Our backup and recovery capabilities use the most advanced technologies. Operating via distributed cloud infrastructures, they are an integral part of the core services and solutions we provide to our customers. They ensure that your enterprise continues to operate normally and with minimal disruption in every possible scenario.
24/7 Service and Support Centers
NESS.Cloud provides ongoing support for your infrastructures, their availability, cost management and security at all levels. Our telephone support center responds promptly to calls to managed and pro-active Network Operations and Services centers running 24/7 year-round. They endeavor to locate instantly any malfunction, unauthorized operation, or critical risk, responding promptly with advanced diagnostic tools and a dedicated team of analysts. If it is important to you that your computing infrastructure be monitored, active and secure at all hours of the day, we offer the solution for you.
We operate the largest service and support center in Israel, serving customers in all sectors and all sizes. Our managed service, supporting several languages, offers 24/7 support according to the organization's needs and agreed service level commitments. Our size advantage, along with the robust capabilities of the center, enable us to guarantee that customers promptly receive the resources they expect and require. Our service commitment includes coverage in peak times or for unusual problems and anomalies requiring greater than normal resources. Our diverse and talented team of experts is on call to ensure you have the specialized know-how you need.
Migration to the Cloud
Whether your organization decides to transfer computing infrastructures to the cloud, transfer them from one public cloud to another, or implement a multi-cloud or hybrid strategy, NESS.Cloud is the best choice to accompany you on your migration journey.
As the largest Israeli partner of the three leading cloud providers (AWS, GCP and Azure) we not only have the required knowledge and experience. We “stand on the shoulders” of giants, ensuring that we execute your migration in a superbly planned, carefully orchestrated and maximally efficient manner.
SAP in the Cloud
It's time to move your SAP servers to the cloud to take advantage of its superior operational flexibility and resource availability. NESS.Cloud has extensive experience in setting up SAP infrastructures in the cloud, moving resources to the cloud and supporting them there.
We enable enterprises in every sector and of every size (from startups to huge public companies) to realize their digital transformations. We are deeply familiar with corporate SAP systems and can set up or migrate all their components to cloud environments: HEC, Google, AWS or Azure.
We’ll help you define and plan an optimal cloud environment based on a precise examination of your needs, environments, work processes and budgetary framework.
Microsoft 365 Worlds
NESS.Cloud knows that cloud migration of the Microsoft Office 365 platform, with all its diverse applications, is far from trivial. Creating a modern and digital work environment, organized around Teams, is one of the significant challenges that corporate IT units confront. We know how to create a complete "employee experience" in the cloud, accessible from anywhere, on any device, at any time.
The success of this type of project is measured by the degree and scope of usability as well as the expandability, flexibility and utility for the organization over time.
For the optimal implementation of solutions of this type, we offer a holistic end-to-end solution. The MWP cloud migration journey begins with consulting and definition of business and technological needs. It continues with a solution set in the worlds of licensing and configuration. It ends with provision of assistance and guidance by leading experts in Microsoft technologies and environments in Israel. We can work in the framework of managed services, project-based or two-hour models, as per your requirements.
Big Data, Business Intelligence and Transparent Analytics
The use of big data and machine learning, and their transfer to cloud environments, has created a set of new practices and information management challenges. Studies show that nearly 90% of successful experiments with machine learning in development environments never reach the production stage. The ML-Ops and DataOps experts of the NESS.Cloud group will assist you, holistically, starting with the definition and planning of big data systems and machine learning for the cloud all the way to effective implementation in production environments. The end result will fully support automation, regulatory compliance, dynamic scalability and the practical business usage of the products by your people.
Managed Cloud
As the leading outsourcing and managed services company in Israel, NESS understand that the adoption of a cloud model must be conducted like any other managed service in the worlds of information systems, adapting and integrating the cloud strategy with overall corporate business strategy.
We connect cloud technologies to the practical needs and goals of the organization using proven methodologies, advanced technologies, deep knowledge of our customers' needs and proactive support services. We provide the customer with a seasoned team of experts who provide close accompaniment every step of the way:
- Readiness assessment and gap analysis
- System characterization and planning
- Migration to the cloud
- Ongoing maintenance
- Ongoing cost monitoring
- Special customized services
Our unique and time-proven cloud methodologies help organizations realize the huge potential benefits of cloud computing environments alongside the management of corporate IT as a cloud-based service. This combination of approaches can substantially reduce the risks in the management of cloud migration projects and cut the costs and overhead of managing cloud environments.
Modernization Processes
One of the key efforts on the way to cloud migration is the process of modernizing architectures and work methods to match the flexibility of the cloud to take full advantages of the benefits made possible by cloud infrastructures.
The migration to a native cloud is mainly an architectural change from a monolithic configuration to a distributed Microservices configuration. This typically involves the use of Kubernetes clusters, but a complete modernization process may also include the use of CI/CD tools, automation tools, protection of the development environments (Shift-Left), implementation of Zero Trust tools and practices, rethinking identity management and encryption policies, and much more.
Our team of experts will assist your organization in the evaluation, planning and execution of these processes with the goal of fully preparing you for the cloud in a way that will maximize its benefits.
Managed Attack Prevention: WAF / WAAP & DDoS
We at NESS.Cloud, through the ITway networks, have years of experience in close collaboration with the leading manufacturers in the market specialized in protecting websites, applications and API infrastructures from attacks through the implementation of leading WAF/WAAP services. This includes performing security-focused configurations and providing managed services with 24/7 support.
We have also gained years of experience in managed protection of websites, applications and network infrastructure against large and complex DDoS attacks, using managed service and protection services provided via CDN, proxy or BGP. The combination of our services and support has proven itself in protecting enterprises which faced massive attacks yet remained available, secure and uninterrupted.
CDN Date Acceleration & Edge Computing
NESS.Cloud (through ITway) has over 14 years of experience in data acceleration services in content distribution networks (CDN) and edge computing, successfully implementing these services for more than a hundred leading companies in Israel and abroad. We can improve performance and reduce application load by powering your websites and API infrastructure with the offerings of providers like AWS CloudFront, Akamai and Fastly.
Privacy & Compliance Monitoring and Intervention
Websites and applications make use of third-party tools rendered in Javascript, SDKs, and iFrames to add capabilities such as analytics, marketing, customer targeting, advertising and so on. The problem is that these tools are often exposed to sensitive user information and can cause a violation of privacy and of privacy protection regulations, without the organization’s awareness or control. We can provide a managed service of monitoring information to which such third parties are exposed and providing alerts or real-time blocking of data leaks caused by them.
API Security
API infrastructures recently have become the number one target of attacks. Protecting these infrastructures sometimes requires more than the usual layers of protection. NESS.Cloud and its ITway subsidiary command the tools and services for identifying and mapping your organization's API, identifying API infrastructures at risk, providing real-time protection against attacks and anomalies, and hardening APIs during the development process.
Enterprise Security
Effective protection of the corporate network means removing any type of implicit trust and controlling any and all traffic in every direction. We apply Zero Trust methodology to organizations through several managed services in partnership with Akamai:
- Micro-segmentation (Guardicore)
- Remote access to the corporate network (Zero Trust)
- Secure web browsing (Secure Web Gateway)
MSSP - Managed Security Service Provider
The next generation of monitoring and response tools for the worlds of cyber defense using (CO-PILOT) Microsoft AI.
The growing threat of advanced cyber attacks such as - ransom, denial of service (DDoS), penetration attacks, and more, are becoming more complex and intrusive.
Many organizations are unable to cope with these threats and sometimes are unable to cope due to the lack of resources, Therefore, they prefer to hire the services of MSSP partners - certified information security providers.
NESS is a Microsoft-certified MSSP service provider, the leading security company in the world, and among the only ones in Israel for the world of cyber and corporate information security.
We as an MSSP help organizations in:
- Experience with information security tools as part of Microsoft's CSI program
- Managing and assessing the risks from cyber threats, and developing an appropriate defense strategy
- Advanced monitoring and protection services, with the aim of being proactive and anticipating any intrusion attempt into the organization
- Response to cyber incidents in real-time and assistance in coping, recovery, and returning to normal
All this in an end-to-end managed service model, 24/7 anywhere and anytime
And with the best Microsoft methodologies, experts, and technologies!
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