Cloud Consulting Made Simple
Start building a rock-solid cloud deployment strategy with one conversation.
In a recent survey, IT professionals cited optimizing existing cloud use, moving more workloads to cloud, and better financial reporting as their top three cloud initiatives.* Cloud consulting provides the expertise and guidance you need to help map out a straightforward cloud strategy that prioritizes your individual needs and long-term goals while addressing the challenges of cloud such as financial reporting and workload rationalization.
We partner with 80+ industry-leading cloud vendors and offer recommendations that work with your IT requirements and budget. Request a consultation to get started on your custom cloud strategy.
How it Works
Preplanning Discussion
During your initial consultation, a Cloud Client Executive (CCE) will learn more about your organization's needs and goals and answer any questions about cloud consulting services.
Proposal Recommendation
Based on your individual goals and requirements, your CCE will recommend one of our offerings, such as a micro-consulting engagement or a prepackaged plan, and deliver a Scope of Engagement or Statement of Work.
Engagement Preparation
During your initial consultation, a Cloud Client Executive (CCE) will learn more about your organization's needs and goals and answer any questions about cloud consulting services.
Execution of Service and Summary
After your cloud planning engagement, you'll receive a summary of the findings and custom recommendations for a cloud adoption strategy.
Customer Stories
CDW's cloud services team is extremely knowledgeable and are among the most experienced professionals in the industry.
David Graffia , Vice President of Sales, dinCloud
You could tell that CDW brought a lot of experience. They were well organized and planned everything out and executed extremely well.
Charlie Pope , IT/ IS manager for Coastal Beverage
We’ll Help You Choose the Right Cloud Services
Micro Consulting Engagements
Work your way towards your ideal cloud architecture at a pace you can set.
- Access expert cloud consultants for hourly increments
- Get design and integration assistance for top cloud providers
- Choose from 8-, 24- and 48-hour packages to meet your needs
- Available from entry level (cloud orientation) up to custom engagements
Cloud Consulting Engagements
We tailor custom engagements to work hand in hand with your organization as you begin or continue your cloud journey.
- Customizable offerings available for cloud solutions, advisory services, application development, data analytics and hybrid data center solutions
- Build a cloud roadmap with a business case, integration plans, infrastructure review and planning analytics
- Migration and re-platforming for existing workloads
- Financial modeling and validation for a host of available cloud options
Prepackaged Offerings
We’ve designed packages featuring our most highly demanded services:
- Cloud Health Check: Highly detailed diagnostic check for those looking to get the most out of existing cloud deployments
- Vertical Deployments: Expertise for highly regulated industries such as healthcare to assist with applications such as EPIC
- Back-up Best Practices: Help for backup guidance and expertise for next-generation backup, taking advantage of API scripting from solutions such as Cohesity, Rubrik, Nutanix and more
- Cloud Candidacy: Work through a validated process to determine what is ready for cloud, and what should stay on premises
- Cloud Expert On-Demand (CEOD): Experts can consult, troubleshoot or develop cloud solutions under a monthly block of hours, which can be consumed as needed
Diagnostic Services
Set the foundation for your cloud strategy by gaining visibility into your entire infrastructure.
- Asset and performance analysis
- IT benchmarking
- Cloud solution cost modeling
- Application dependency mapping