The BearingPoint Cloud Transformation Guidelines provide a unique approach to move core business processes and applications to a private, hybrid and public cloud environment, in an efficient and timely fashioned way.

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Cloud
Transformation
Guidelines
A BearingPoint Accelerator
Many customers hesitate to transform core business
applications to a cloud environment due to the fear of
data security issues and migration risks.
The BearingPoint Cloud Transformation Guidelines
provide a unique approach to move core business
processes and applications to a private, hybrid and public
cloud environment, in an efficient and timely fashioned
way.
By offering the full range of cloud transformation
options, we make sure the business needs are met, for
various types of applications, from low to high
complexity.

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Contents
Market Drivers
Our Approach
Client Benefits
References
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Market Drivers
We see Cloud Computing as one of the major megatrends to increase efficiency in IT operations across
various industries as well as the primary enabler for future Digitalization topics like Predictive Analysis or
Internet of Things (IoT).
However, many organizations are still hesitating to migrate existing applications to the Cloud due to a lack of
experience or unknown risks. BearingPoint’s Cloud Transformation Guidelines help to solve these issues.
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Migration
…migration process often exceeds
planned time and / or costs
…transformation of existing
applications is hard to estimate
…migration is full of unknown risks
…migration process is a complex one with various parameters to be taken into account.
The Cloud…
Trends
…enables a global flexible scaling of
resources
…enables consumption based billing
methods
…increases profitability
Regulatory
…needs a cloud compliance process
…changes the requirements for data
protection
…changes data security guidelines
The migration to the cloud describes the process of how to go from on-premise IT to a pure or mixed cloud computing environment. The “get ready” for
cloud of existing – mostly self developed – applications are described as a transformation. This BearingPoint Accelerator addresses this transformation of
applications to get the best benefit out of the cloud business model.

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Our Approach
Get the best benefit of the cloud computing business model
for self- developed applications
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Programming Guidelines
• Nine programming guidelines for
implementation of cloud applications
• Enable best practices for a sustainable
software development
Architecture Guidelines
• Nine cross application principles for
the set up of a cloud reference
architecture
• Enable the scalability and elasticity of
cloud applications
Design Guidelines
• Twelve application specific guidelines
for designing cloud applications
• Enable the usage of the full cloud
potential
Cloud Transformation Process
Private Cloud – Hybrid Cloud – Public Cloud

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Our Approach
The BearingPoint Cloud Transformation Guidelines address
the most important questions for a cloud migration
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Architecture Guidelines
• How does a cloud architecture look for automated
instance scaling in case of limited resources?
• How does it enable fault tolerance of a distributed
system?
• What are the requirements for distributed processing?
• What are the security requirements for a cloud
infrastructure?
Programming Guidelines
• Why is decoupling of modules necessary for cloud applications?
• How to enable the reconfiguring on the fly for legacy applications?
• How to assess one instance as leading one and what are the benefits of this scenario?
• How to implement an application with batch processing and what are the benefits?
• What are the key requirements for cloud system stability and how to achieve them during implementation?
Design Guidelines
• How to enable the scalability of cloud applications in data
management?
• What are the requirements for a high performance of
cloud applications?
• tHow to design applications for a coordinated re-start and
resilience?

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Client Benefits
BearingPoint has a holistic view on cloud transformation
and supports the client to migrate applications successfully
to the cloud and to fully leverage these benefits.
Benefits of BearingPoint’s Cloud Transformation Guidelines Client benefits from Cloud Transformation Guidelines
Reduce
migration costs
Build reference
architecture
Keep migration process
on schedule
Reduce
migration risks
Proven and trusted approach, from architecture to migration
Full access to state of the art market know-how
Regulatory, security and data privacy issues are identified and mitigated
Private, public and hybrid cloud enabler
Migrate your legacy application successfully in a cloud environment

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References
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“BearingPoint supported us with tremendous success on our first steps to become a Public Cloud Service Provider. Strategic and technical questions were
examined on application, infrastructure and operation levels and individual Cloud Transformation Guidelines were adapted to our needs. The cooperation
was flawless over the whole project and the results are valuable milestones for our futures strategy.” – Head of Department Cloud, Service Provider
Business needs
• The classic IT service provider plans to become
a Cloud Service Provider for customers mainly
in Germany
• Currently the service provider is running around
30 applications as a managed service
• To become more flexible and to stay
competitive, the service provider wants to
analyze the possibilities and impacts of a
Cloud operation model
• Legacy application should be migrated to a
new Private Cloud Infrastructure hosted by the
service provider
Our approach
• Based on the Cloud Transformation Guidelines
BearingPoint draw up a Cloud reference
architecture
• Using the Cloud Transformation Guidelines, an
individual migration path of one of the core
business applications was developed
• With the usage of the Bearing Cloud
Navigator, a holistic approach including
aspects of strategy, governance and IT
operation processes was possible
Client benefits
• As a first result the provider got a Private Cloud
Reference Architecture as a Cloud Service
Provider
Based on the reference architecture, the service
provider and BearingPoint was able to:
• Design a proof of concept of a migration path
• Develop technical pre-requisites to run a Cloud
in general and in regards to customer specific
applications
• Assessment whether an existing application
can be economically migrated partially or
completely to the Cloud
BearingPoint supports a major IT service provider in Germany, in matters of Cloud Computing architecture and
application transformation to become itself a Cloud Service Provider.

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Stefan Pechardscheck
Partner
BearingPoint Germany
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Stefan Schade
Senior Manager
BearingPoint Germany
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