I led the Cloud Readiness Assessment and Application Disposition and Discovery engagement for one of the world's largest commercial real estate services companies. The scope spanned six datacenters across four continents — two in the US (Virginia and Lisle, IL), the UK (London), Germany (Frankfurt), Hong Kong, and Australia (Sydney) — representing a genuinely global on-premises footprint being assessed for cloud migration.
I produced CloudScape-based complexity scorecards for four of the six sites (Germany, Lisle, London, and Sydney), built application dependency data for each location, and developed migration cost estimators for the three highest-priority migration sites. The engagement delivered a consolidated economics model, a final Application Disposition and Discovery Services report, and detailed migration roadmap for the client's cloud program leadership.
CloudScape Complexity Methodology
- CloudScape-based complexity scoring applied to 4 of 6 sites (Germany, Lisle, London, Sydney)
- Scores derived from dependency depth, integration count, OS currency, and application tier
- Per-site scorecards produced in standardized format for cross-site comparison
- Detailed application dependency data built for each scored site
- Citrix VDA servers assessed separately — included in Lisle scope
Application Disposition Process
- 22 application stacks identified and classified across the global estate
- Discovery workshops conducted using standardized questionnaire covering app ownership, integrations, and constraints
- Database server inventory collected separately — SQL Server and Oracle database instances catalogued per site
- RVTools VMware exports collected for US, Hong Kong, and UK sites
- Nutanix collector data gathered for UK and Australian sites
Consolidated Economics Model
Single consolidated economics model covering all six sites — providing a unified view of cloud TCO, migration costs, and savings potential across the global estate.
Site-Level Migration Estimators
Detailed migration cost estimators built for Germany, Lisle, and Sydney using the RXT Migration Estimator Tool — covering labor, tooling, and infrastructure transition costs per wave.
FinOps Reporting
FinOps analysis reports produced as part of the ongoing engagement — tracking current spend, optimization opportunities, and cloud cost projections against migration milestones.
Database Cost Analysis
Separate analysis for SQL Server and Oracle database workloads — including licensing impact, managed service options (RDS, Aurora, Azure SQL MI), and migration path recommendations.
Global CloudScape Assessment
Led the CloudScape-based discovery and complexity scoring across four datacenters on three continents — producing per-site complexity scorecards and application dependency data for each location.
Application Disposition Report
Produced the Application Disposition and Discovery Services Final Report — compiling discovery workshop outputs, stack classifications, and migration disposition for all 22 application groups.
Migration Cost Estimation
Built migration cost estimators for Germany, Lisle, and Sydney using the RXT estimator tool — providing the financial input for the migration roadmap and program budgeting.
Consolidated Economics
Built the consolidated global economics model — aggregating per-site TCO, savings projections, and migration investment across all six datacenters into a single decision-support model.
Infrastructure Data Collection
Coordinated and processed multi-format infrastructure data: RVTools VMware exports (US, HK, UK), Nutanix collector outputs (UK, AU), and CloudScape scan results — normalizing each into a common schema.
| Deliverable | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Application Disposition & Discovery Final Report | Complete CRA report — discovery findings, stack dispositions, complexity scores, and migration recommendations | PPTX |
| Complexity Scorecards ×4 | CloudScape-based scores for Germany, Lisle, London, Sydney — with application dependency detail | XLSX ×4 |
| Application Dependency Data ×4 | Detailed dependency analysis per scored site — integration mapping and migration constraint documentation | XLSX ×4 |
| Migration Cost Estimators ×3 | RXT estimator tool outputs for Germany, Lisle, and Sydney with wave-level cost breakdown | XLSX ×3 |
| Migration Cost & Consolidated Summary | Single summary view of migration investment, savings, and payback across all sites | XLSX |
| Consolidated Economics Model | Global TCO model — current-state vs. cloud costs with rightsizing applied, by site and in aggregate | XLSX |
| Infrastructure Inventory | Normalized server inventory from RVTools, Nutanix, and CloudScape sources — all six datacenters | XLSX |