Optimize Your Environment So IT Delivers
It’s a fact - only businesses that optimize for simplicity can meet the unrelenting demands of the marketplace. At a Shadow-Soft Workshop, you'll get more done in 8 hours than in 8 months of meetings AND get alignment with business leaders and IT departments to strip out risk and build in speed.
There’s no substitute for collaboration, coordination, and content expertise.
Business Leaders And IT Should Not Be In Conflict
- We aren't on the same page
- We struggle getting buy-in
- We just can't get organized
- We have conflicting priorities
- We are on different timelines
- We lack clear priorities
- Our legacy IT can't scale
- We lack resources to deliver
Digital Transformation Workshop
Are Your Business and IT Leaders On The Same Page?
Digital Transformation is hard. But it doesn’t need to be. What if you used five different proven methodologies to turn your ideas into reality in 90 days? What if you were supported by a DevOps Architect throughout those 90 days? What if you could build a working proof of concept to build your business case for the funding you need to succeed?
Perfect For: Teams who need to bring IT and Business leaders together to focus on what’s really important and get the budgets necessary to make meaningful change.
What You’ll Do:
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Use (8) Design Thinking Maps to outline the problem, how it impacts your business, explain your solution, and how it works
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Build a 12-month roadmap balancing Quick Wins with long-term scalability
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Build a solid business case with clear milestones to secure the budget you need
Digital Transformation Workshop
Are Your Business and IT Leaders On The Same Page?
Digital Transformation is hard. But it doesn’t need to be. What if you used five different proven methodologies to turn your ideas into reality in 90 days? What if you were supported by a DevOps Architect throughout those 90 days? What if you could build a working proof of concept to build your business case for the funding you need to succeed?
Perfect For: Teams who need to bring IT and Business leaders together to focus on what’s really important and get the budgets necessary to make meaningful change.
What You’ll Do:
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Use (8) Design Thinking Maps to outline the problem, how it impacts your business, explain your solution, and how it works
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Build a 12-month roadmap balancing Quick Wins with long-term scalability
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Build a solid business case with clear milestones to secure the budget you need
Design & Build Workshop
Do you need a master plan broken down into easy to deliver build phases? Our enterprise architects work side by side with you to design an infrastructure leveraging your legacy systems and building Kubernetes capability.
Perfect For: Teams uncertain where to start, unaware of the proven path to follow, or lacking Kubernetes expertise, we can help optimize your infrastructure, migrate applications, and give you visibility into your environment’s health.
What You Will Do:
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Identify Use Cases, Legacy Infrastructure Components, IT/Business Constraints
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Create (8) Kubernetes Frameworks to integrate software, databases, and other components
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Build a series of 90-day plans to build a stable, secure, scalable environment to begin application migration
Stability and Migration Workshop
Do you need an easy way to systematically identify where and why apps are failing? Our hands-on engineers will help you troubleshoot what’s happening today and modernize your Kubernetes capabilities for tomorrow.
Perfect For: Teams with apps crashing unexpectedly, lacking end-to-end visibility, or unable to quickly diagnosis and fix problems, we can help with an environment health check to stabilize your environment for rapid app migration.
What You’ll Do:
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Identify Infrastructure Breakdowns, Application Failures, Migration Obstacles and Challenges
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Utilize (8) Frameworks to systematically strip out infrastructure risk and build in application stability
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Create Risk x Effort roadmap to migrate everything from microservices to monolithic applications
Stability and Migration Workshop
Do you need an easy way to systematically identify where and why apps are failing? Our hands-on engineers will help you troubleshoot what’s happening today and modernize your Kubernetes capabilities for tomorrow.
Perfect For: Teams with apps crashing unexpectedly, lacking end-to-end visibility, or unable to quickly diagnosis and fix problems, we can help with an environment health check to stabilize your environment for rapid app migration.
What You’ll Do:
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Identify Infrastructure Breakdowns, Application Failures, Migration Obstacles and Challenges
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Utilize (8) Frameworks to systematically strip out infrastructure risk and build in application stability
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Create Risk x Effort roadmap to migrate everything from microservices to monolithic applications
Scalability and Security
Do you need a clear plan to scale your Kubernetes environment across your organization? Our DoD trained engineers will help you think through how to scale around the globe while building end-to-end security.
Perfect For: Teams where app spin ups still take months, automation needs exist, or security concerns slow adoption, we can help you solve these issues to deliver a consistent predictable environment.
What You’ll Do:
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Identify CPU, Memory, Storage, Cloud, and Security issues limiting scalability
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Utilize (8) Frameworks to proactively identify environment scalability and security issues
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Develop end-to-end visibility, high availability, Zero Trust roadmap to leverage legacy assets
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I get out of the Workshop?
In our experience, the value of the workshop is two-fold: you’ll build consensus on a host of technical issues and you’ll get alignment with your Operations, Development, Cloud, and Security teams. Resolving technical issues is great. Getting buy-in is priceless.
What makes Shadow-Soft Workshops special?
Our workshops use 8 Maps to focus on all aspects of Kubernetes: Architecture, Applications, Storage and Backup, Scalability, Disaster Recovery, CI/CD, Monitoring, and Security. This approach saves time, money, and effort - all of which are in short supply.
How is this different from OEM or ISV training?
Our workshops are designed to solve your real-world problems, not hypothetical use cases. More importantly, we provide an unbiased perspective on how to optimize. In contrast, OEMs or ISVs focus on a narrow slice of the entirety of your Kubernetes environment.
Is there any guarantee that I’ll be successful?
People adopt solutions that relieve PAIN. That’s why it’s so important to get teams from Operations, Development, Cloud, and Security together building consensus. If you hold a workshop, you’ll get more done in 36 hours than in 3-6 months because everyone will be onboard.
Step 1: Register For A Workshop
Your team needs to be aligned around a clear optimization roadmap. We'll guide you across the chasm of Dev and Ops.
Step 2: Build Alignment & Commitment
Workshops take place over a day and a half. Get more done in 36 hours than 3-6 months. Block off the calendar and let's go!
Step 3. Deliver Multiple Quick Wins
Create a series of 90-day plans to deliver win after win quickly. Unlock your team’s potential and optimize so IT delivers.