CLOUD ASSESSMENT - Business Starter

Business / Strategy

To get a first impression of what our cloud assessment can deliver for you, we offer this free online survey, consisting of 15 business, IT and strategy related questions. Based on your answers, you will get a first picture of your cloud readiness and receive further strategic and practical action points to start your individual journey to the cloud.

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* 1. Contact Information. Survey Privacy Notes

Name *

Company

Country

Email Address *

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* 2. Have you defined a Sourcing Strategy (Make-or-Buy) and will your organisation implement it?

Yes, it is already being implemented

Yes, the implementation is planned

No, there is no sourcing strategy defined yet

Unknown/No answer

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* 3. Are your IT services considered as a Strategic Asset or rather as a Cost Center?

As a strategic asset

As a cost center

Unknown/No answer

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* 4. Which of the following cloud drivers are the most relevant for you?

Infrastructure and application speed

Reliability and robustness

Standardization

Other

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* 5. Is your IT Strategy regularly aligned with your Business Strategy?

Yes, we adapt our IT strategy on a regular basis and align it with our Business Stakeholders

Yes, but only on demand

No, there is no regular alignment with business

Unknown/No answer

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* 6. How experienced is your organisation in outsourcing complex Services and Processes?

Extensive experience (more than 5 years)

Sufficient experience (more than 3 years)

Little experience (less than 3 years)

No experience

Unknown/No answer

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* 7. Do you have IT and/or Data Governance structures and roles established in your organization?

Yes

Unknown/No answer

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* 8. How do you estimate the extent of legal, regulatory or contractual requirements for the Data Management of your application landscape?

High (many requirements with a high level of complexity)

Middle

Low

Unknown/ No answer

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* 9. Are the EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and/or the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) relevant business topics for you?

Yes, both are relevant for us

Yes, only PSD2

Yes, only GDPR

Neither are relevant

Unknown/No answer

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* 10. How familiar is your organization with the use of Agile Development methods?

Yes, agile methods are being used intensively

Yes, agile methods are partially used

No, so far we have not used agile methods

Unknown/No answer

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* 11. Have you defined a Business Continuity plan which describes how business operations are resumed and continued after a failure or outage?

Yes, a business continuity plan is in place

No, not yet

Unknown/No answer

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* 12. How do you estimate the business damage in case of failure or outage of your application domain(s)? (Application Criticality)

Mission Critical

Business Essential

Business Core

Business Supporting

Unknown/No answer

Mission Critical

Business Essential

Business Core

Business Supporting

Unknown/No answer

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* 13. Do you have a detailed overview of your Cost Structures? (CAPEX and OPEX, incl. TCO)

Yes

Yes, but only a basic/high level overview

Unknown/No answer

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* 14. Are you experienced in using Cloud Service Models (IaaS / PaaS / SaaS / XaaS)?

Yes, with IaaS

Yes, with IaaS and PaaS

Yes, with IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS/XaaS

No experience so far

Unknown/No answer

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* 15. Have you defined a Target Deployment Model (Public / Private / Hybrid)?

Yes, we take a Public Cloud approach

Yes, we take a Private Cloud approach

Yes, we take a mix of both (Hybrid Cloud)

No, the deployment model has not been defined yet

Unknown/No answer

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* 16. Have you decided on your (primary) Cloud Provider platform(s)?

Yes, MS Azure is set as the primary target platform

Yes, Amazon Web Service

Yes, Google Cloud

Yes, we plan to use more than one provider (Multi-Cloud approach)

Unknown/Not decided yet

Thank you for answering our survey. We will contact you soon.