Cloud
Cloud-based services can help you meet the demands of both your customers and internal knowledge workers. In the right circumstances, cloud-based services offer greater efficiencies and cost savings. We help our clients navigate the challenges and opportunities to improve business processes and create dynamic, collaborative work environments. We offer end-to-end services from building strategy, implementation and ongoing support activities, to manage and monitor the cloud-based services.
Depending on your needs, we may recommend a private, public or hybrid cloud environment. And depending on your requirements, your solution may consist of any variety of products and services based upon Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
Our vendor-neutral approach, combined with multi-platform expertise and an aggregated delivery model, is the reason why companies turn to Skylogica for cloud-based services. We are able to help by providing the following services:
Cloud strategy: We help companies plan, develop and implement public, private, hybrid and community cloud environments. That includes determining which cloud services should be used based on the business value they can provide and how they can be integrated with current systems.
Data and policy management: Policy frameworks need to be aligned to cloud services, we can help you establish policies, and enable effective data management and business capabilities integration.
Security, privacy and risk: Achieving the proper balance between control and efficiency is critical, and we help our clients understand the risk management associated with their technology investments.
Cost Optimization
Cost efficiency is one of the key opportunities for organizations seeking to gain competitive advantage in a predominantly slow growth economy. Cost optimization is a methodology to identify and understand cost drivers of an organization in order to get better control over key processes. Using our Cost optimization methodology, we are able to assist clients through the process of evaluating cost performance and implementing and monitoring changes to their cost base.
In reviewing current infrastructure, business processes and related initiatives, we gather insight on potential areas within your unique business environment for process, technology and performance improvement. Based on an understanding of the current state, pending projects, and desired end state objectives, we draw upon our expertise to create actionable recommendations based on gaps, priorities and external best practices.
These services include:
- * Assessment of the current cost structure, cost drivers and cost ownership within the organization.
- * Align financial technology activities and processes with the budget
- * Investigate technology sourcing structure and strategy
- * Identification of opportunities for shared services including, insourcing and outsourcing
Project Management
With the ever increasing focus on accountability for on-budget, on-time delivery of IT projects in both the public and private sector there has never been a more appropriate time to ensure that projects are being run correctly, efficiently and professionally.
Our project delivery, ensures that all stakeholders agree on what project success looks like from the outset, monitoring progress against this outcome at regular reviews with flexible decision points, and ensuring that management has control of any deviations from plan. Formal communication plans foster excellent communication between the project teams to significantly reduce the risk of stakeholder disappointment or project failure.
Skylogica's project management practice is highly skilled, with the experience to work in large scale, complex project environments. We are able to help by providing the following services:
Interim Project Management: The provision of Interim Project Management Services to help organizations facing the need for additional or replacement project management resource part way through a project.
IT Project Management: The provision of high quality project management services, tailored by Skylogica to meet your specific project scenario.
IT Program Management: The provision of high quality management services spanning a number of projects that are being delivered in parallel to support a business objective.
Project Recovery: For clients who have a failing project, an initial review is conducted leading to a recommendations report on project success likelihood and project success requirements. Following acceptance by the client, Skylogica can deploy a highly experienced project manager to implement the report recommendations and turn the project around.
Cyber Security
Our services help you to view your IT security from an attacker's viewpoint, leveraging real-world techniques to not only identify exposures but also assess their implications on the business. We are able to help by providing the following services:
Comprehensive Penetration Tests: Our Comprehensive Penetration Testing services mimic an attacker seeking to access sensitive assets by exploiting security weaknesses existing across multiple systems.
Application Penetration Tests: We test your custom web applications as well as standard applications like antivirus, embedded applications, and other system applications.
Web Services Assessments: With Web Service Security Assessment, we provide a comprehensive evaluation of the security posture of an application or solution based on Web Services technologies (e.g., SOAP or REST).
Wireless Penetration Tests: We offer a wide range of Wireless Penetration Testing services, from security tests of standard corporate Wi-Fi networks to assessments of specialized wireless solutions.