meshStack Showcase
Show don't Tell: A fast track to your Cloud Foundation
Ditch lengthy project plans. With our fixed-price showcase, you’ll be ready to go within 6 weeks. You will be able to:
- Sharpen the target picture of your Cloud Foundation and converge ongoing discussions
- Demonstrate a scalable cloud foundation to stakeholders in the enterprise to get their feedback and buy-in
- Try out a real cloud self-service with initial application teams (including protection through landing zones)
Timeline: How much Time you should invest!
Our Showcase approach is a proven method providing guidance and direction of the configuration and adoption of meshStack, using reference architectures and best practices. This includes team collaboration during active working sessions focused on configuration, and adoption use cases.
Week 1
Configuration: Platforms
5 hours
Week 2
Compliance, Building Blocks, Chargeback
6 hours
Week 3-6
Evaluation
6 hours
Building and growing your Cloud Foundation can be a challenging undertaking. We will provide a structured approach to guide you through the challenges of building a scalable and secure cloud foundation in the meshPanel. We are excited to offer you an overview of your
Goal
All stakeholders understand what the Showcase is all about. All necessary meetings are scheduled.
Prerequisites
- No pre-requisites
Participants
- Enterprise Architect
- Platform Engineer
Agenda
- Introduction round
- Check cloud portal accessibility and first flow
- Define success for your Cloud Foundation
- Schedule meetings
- Next steps
Goal
You can order an AWS/azure/Google Cloud Account via meshStack UI or API.
Prerequisites
Technical prerequisites are listed on Github
Participants
- Enterprise Architect
- Platform Enginner
Agenda
- Integrate AWS/Azure/Google Cloud into meshStack
- Test the integration
Goal
You can order a building block as part of your Landing Zone.
Prerequisites
- You have set up a platform (like Azure, Google Cloud or AWS) in your meshStack.
- You have permissions to create a service account (like an Azure Service Principal, Google Cloud Service Account, etc.) that can be used for executing the building block module.
Alternative to using meshStack standard building blocks: You have an existing terraform module that you want to offer as a building block.
Participants
- Platform Engineer
- Enterprise Architect
Agenda
- Define a building block in meshStack
- Test the building block
Participants
- Platform Engineer
- Enterprise Architect
- Cost Specialist
An important step of the Showcase evaluation is to figure out how how your internal customers can use meshStack to request and manage resources in self-service. That’s why we recommend to schedule a session as part of the Showcase. The goal is to get feedback on what has been built during the Showcase.
Participants
- Product Owner of an Application Team
- Enterprise Architect
- Platform Engineer
- Cloud Foundation Team
The assessment aims to answer two questions.
- Where is our cloud foundation?
- What are the next steps for evolving the service offering to our customers?
The assessment is based on the publicly available Cloud Foundation Maturity Model (CFMM).
Agenda for the interactive workshop
- Understanding the Cloud Foundation Maturity Model
- Running the assessment
Participants
- Enterprise Architect
- Platform Engineer
- Cloud Foundation
- Customer Success Manager (meshcloud)
In the last session of the Showcase, we will review what we have achieved in the last 6 weeks.
If desired, we will outline both commercial and technical next steps for building up what we did in the Showcase.
Participants
- Enterprise Architect
- Platform Egineer
- Customer Success Manager Manager (meshcloud)
Cover the entire Cloud Project Lifecycle
Your path to Cloud Foundation in 6 weeks
Our Showcase enables Cloud Foundation teams to build a basic Cloud Foundation within 6 weeks. After the initial setup, your application teams will gain new capabilities, such as:
- Provision and access cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS accounts) that have been pre-configured and secured for various use cases.
- Direct use of company-owned services (such as VMaaS)
- Central allocation and real-time tracking of budgets across all cloud projects
For the duration of the showcase, you will receive a free trial of our Cloud Foundation Platform meshStack with up to two public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure (EA), AKS, GCP).
Fixed package price: 7,900€ (plus VAT)
Cloud-native & "Lift and Shift" Landing Zones
Create the base of your foundation
There are 5 pillars that form the core of your Cloud Foundation: Tenant Management, IAM, Security, Cost Management and a Service Ecosystem. In our showcase, we provide a meshStack that offers these capabilities out-of-the-box with an intuitive user interface for different user groups and an API.
Highlights
- Kickoff workshop with all stakeholders
- Setup and integration of your cloud platforms
- Automatic delivery of self-service landing zones
Increase developer productivity
Drive Developer Experience
This step is about preparing for scaling. Based on your cloud goals and our proven Cloud Foundation Maturity Model, we perform an assessment and jointly create a roadmap to complete your cloud foundation. One goal: opening up your cloud foundation platform for enterprise self-service access.
Highlights
- Cloud Foundation Maturity Assessment
- Identification of goals, success criteria and value drivers
- Development of a Cloud Foundation roadmap to achieve these goals.
Why should you choose a showcase with meshcloud?
Proven self-service solution
With meshStack, companies manage thousands of cloud projects every day – professionally and efficiently
Concrete implementation
Act instead of talk: Demonstrate a concrete working cloud foundation to drive decisions, address concerns and move your business forward
Know-how transfer
Workshops and customer success support ensure that you can subsequently operate and further develop your Cloud Foundation yourself. If required, we will also be at your side afterwards.
Cloud Foundation Community
Exchange of experience and regular community meetings help with the exchange of ideas
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