®We want to move to the cloud.
Understand your starting point, select a platform and plan the migration.
Start with consultingConsulting. Implementation. Operations.
We bring your applications to the cloud. And take care of operations.
OTOKO® advises on the selection, sets up your cloud and moves servers and applications. We connect the new environment to your IT, take on agreed operating tasks and help manage costs, with a focus on Microsoft Azure and Telekom T Cloud.
Find the right starting point
Technology connects.We bring together architecture,
people and operations.
people and operations.
Where do you stand today?
Your goal determines the path.
Our cloud should run better.
Streamline the architecture, automate processes and make costs transparent.
Explore optimizationOur team needs relief.
Clarify operating tasks and responsibilities, and deploy support in a targeted way.
Explore the operating modelOur platform focus
Azure and T Cloud.
With OTOKO® at your side.
We combine platform expertise with implementation and operations. Which environment fits is determined by your applications, requirements and financial goals.
Microsoft Azure PartnerTaking Azure further,
technically and financially.
Landing zones, migration, modernization and operations. We also review suitable purchasing models and possible benefits through commitments, discounts or rebates.
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Telekom T Cloud GoldT Cloud matched
to your requirements.
From service selection to integration into your IT: we plan your Telekom cloud environment and support migration, networking and the agreed operations.
Explore T Cloud services
What we take on for you
One project.
The right services.
Each service has its own focus. On the detail pages, you will find the approach, scope and specific results for your project.
Cloud consulting & strategy
The next hardware investment is coming up, a contract is expiring or business units expect new digital services. Whether cloud, your own data center or a combination is the right answer can only be decided based on your specific needs. Our cloud consulting combines application analysis, platform comparison and cost-effectiveness into a recommendation that lets IT and management justify the next steps.
What you engage us for
The result is a decision paper with evaluated options, cost assumptions and a prioritized roadmap. To get there, we talk to the owners, review existing documents and align the recommendation with the stakeholders. Implementation can then take place internally or together with OTOKO®.
Tasks and results at a glance
Understanding what your IT needs to deliver today
Business processes show which applications are particularly important and which disruptions would be acceptable. Interviews and inventory data complement the technical system list with dependencies, owners and constraints. This produces a well-founded classification: keep, move or change before a migration.
Your result: A prioritized application portfolio with open questions and decision owners.
Comparing the right cloud options
Azure, Telekom T Cloud and other suitable platforms are examined against the same requirements. Service offering, integration and operational effort feed into the assessment. Alongside the advantages, the recommendation also names dependencies and open issues relevant to your decision.
Your result: A decision matrix and an architecture target state with traceable selection criteria.
Assessing effort and ongoing costs
The economic comparison includes migration, parallel operation, licenses, data traffic and internal work. Usage assumptions are stated explicitly. This shows which factors influence the assessment beyond the monthly resource price, and how different target states differ from each other.
Your result: A transparent cost model with variants, assumptions and sensitivities.
Preparing the first implementation step
A roadmap becomes actionable when sequence, owners and prerequisites fit together. To achieve this, we prioritize the projects and select a pilot with meaningful evaluation criteria. Its results provide the basis for the next approval and further planning.
Your result: A pilot engagement and a prioritized roadmap with acceptance steps and next decisions.
Cloud migration
An application is only migrated once login, interfaces, data and daily operations also work at the new location. OTOKO® therefore plans the path to Azure, Telekom T Cloud or another suitable platform from the perspective of your business operations. Systems that belong together move in coordinated steps, with prepared tests, clear cutover decisions and a structured handover.
What you engage us for
From the inventory to stabilization, we coordinate the agreed migration steps. The target environment, transfer and technical tests fall within the defined engagement; your application owners take part in the functional checks and acceptance. Decommissioning and handover are planned in from the start, so no unresolved tasks are left over after the move.
Tasks and results at a glance
Identify systems that belong together
Databases, directory services and interfaces determine which systems have to move together. From the inventory, we form migration groups and assign contacts. Data volumes, maintenance windows and functional checks are clarified for each group before the transfer.
Your result: A dependency overview and migration groups with defined owners.
Determine the right migration path
Transfer unchanged, use platform services or modernize first: the right path depends on the application. Together, we assess the adaptation needed, the operational consequences and the risks of each option. The decision is documented per system, so effort and sequencing stay traceable.
Your result: A migration strategy per workload with prerequisites and target operating model.
Prepare and carry out the cutover
On cutover day, many steps have to mesh. A coordinated procedure describes data transfer, checks, approvals and communication. Fallback criteria are also defined in advance, so technical and business owners know when to act or decide.
Your result: A coordinated cutover runbook with owners, tests and communication channels.
Clean up and hand over after the move
Go-live is followed by monitoring, follow-up work and acceptance. Only then is the decommissioning of the old environment coordinated. The handover records the new configurations, operational responsibilities and open tasks; resources still running in parallel and their costs remain visible.
Your result: An acceptance record, updated documentation and a controlled decommissioning plan.
Cloud architecture & landing zones
New cloud projects should not have to solve fundamental questions about accounts, access and networks from scratch every time. A landing zone provides a shared technical foundation for this. OTOKO® translates your organizational structure and requirements into a usable cloud architecture and sets up the provisioning path for further teams and applications.
What you engage us for
Architecture concept and technical implementation belong together here. In addition to the configured foundation, your team receives versioned configurations, documented roles and a tested change path. This makes it possible to trace how new environments are created and who approves extensions.
Tasks and results at a glance
Structure teams and environments
Development, test and production need a separation that fits your organization. Together, we organize environments, responsibilities and cost centers, and put this structure in place. The onboarding path for new projects is described, so the rules remain applicable after the initial setup too.
Your result: An organizational structure with responsibilities and a documented onboarding process.
Set up access and network connections
Administrative permissions and application connections are derived from specific tasks. The configuration reflects these roles and data paths, including the connection of on-premises services. Access tests show whether the intended participants can actually carry out their work.
Your result: A role and network model, including administrative procedures.
Build shared rules into the platform
Requirements become effective when they are reflected in controls, logs and tagging. We set up the agreed rules technically and document their scope. For necessary exceptions, a deliberate decision path is defined.
Your result: A coordinated rule catalog with implemented controls and documented exceptions.
Make provisioning of new environments repeatable
Versioned infrastructure configuration makes changes traceable and provisioning repeatable. Using a planned extension, we test the process from proposal through review to implementation. Your team takes over the configuration together with the documentation of this procedure.
Your result: A usable repository with a provisioning path and handover documentation.
Hybrid & multi-cloud
Systems close to production stay on-premises, new applications run in the cloud and individual services come from another provider. Landscapes like this need an architecture that spans site boundaries. OTOKO® connects your data center, Azure, Telekom T Cloud and other environments, and at the same time clarifies who is responsible for data paths, access and incidents.
What you engage us for
The integration covers the agreed network and access setup as well as tests of the data paths involved. It also includes coordinating operations and escalation across provider boundaries and documenting the remaining dependencies. A later switch is also assessed in terms of data export and effort.
Tasks and results at a glance
Determine the right location for each application
Data flows and response times help decide where an application should run. Components that belong together are checked for their dependencies. The target state then explains which parts stay local and which can reasonably be distributed to other environments.
Your result: A workload assignment with documented data flows and architectural boundaries.
Connect sites and clouds
Connections also have to work under changed conditions. After setting up the planned network paths and access rules, we therefore test the effects of an interruption. This shows which applications are affected and what operational response is required.
Your result: A connectivity concept with test cases for normal operation and disruptions.
Organize joint operations
With several providers, an incident must not fall between areas of responsibility. Reporting channels, access responsibility and change coordination are defined jointly. The operations documentation shows who takes ownership of an incident and which other parties need to be involved.
Your result: A responsibility matrix and coordinated access and escalation procedures.
Plan ahead for a later switch
A possible switch of provider depends on data formats, export paths and the services used. These dependencies are captured and assessed for effort. In addition, we consider ongoing data traffic and additional operational tasks, so the economics of the distribution remain transparent.
Your result: A documented exit approach with remaining dependencies and effort assumptions.
Kubernetes & container platforms
Containers simplify packaging an application. For production use, however, access rules, a release procedure, updates and data recovery are often still missing. OTOKO® turns this into a Kubernetes platform that fits your applications and the operational expertise available to you, and tests its use together with your development team.
What you engage us for
Setting up the platform includes the agreed access, provisioning procedure and operational processes. A pilot application is used to test the path through to release. Documentation and a briefing prepare the handover; ongoing support and updates are agreed as a separate scope of service.
Tasks and results at a glance
Choose an appropriate platform
The choice of platform starts with the applications and operational capacity. Suitable options are then assessed according to which tasks the provider takes on and which remain with your team. This division of tasks feeds into the decision just as much as the technical requirements.
Your result: A justified platform target state with separate responsibilities.
Onboard teams with clear rules
Teams need defined workspaces, resources and communication rules. We set up these foundations and explain the intended approvals. This makes it clear what development teams may provision themselves and where coordination with operations is necessary.
Your result: A usable tenant and access structure for the teams involved.
Ship new versions in a traceable way
The path from a checked image to the running version has to be traceable. Tests and provisioning are integrated into a coordinated process and trialed with a pilot application. Development and operations jointly review the approvals and the behavior during rollout.
Your result: A tested deployment process for a pilot application and templates for other teams.
Cover updates, data and incidents
Platform updates and recovery also affect persistent data and connected services. These dependencies feed into operational planning together with monitoring. This results in concrete tasks and procedures for maintenance and for handling incidents.
Your result: An operations plan with update procedures, alert paths and recovery tests.
DevOps & automation
Manual tests, copy operations and waiting for approvals often stand between a finished change and its deployment in production. Our DevOps services make this path repeatable: infrastructure is versioned, checks are integrated and releases follow a traceable process. Together with development and operations, OTOKO® focuses automation on the actual bottlenecks.
What you engage us for
A clearly scoped release path is analyzed, implemented and tested together. The handover covers configuration, checks and how failure scenarios are handled. The goal is for your team to operate and further develop the process afterward; that is why running it together is part of the work.
Tasks and results at a glance
Remove bottlenecks in the release process
Wait times and manual intervention become visible along an actual release. Together, we capture the steps and clarify why they are necessary. This results in a prioritized automation backlog whose effect can be measured against the actual release process.
Your result: A pipeline concept with defined review steps and owners.
Build environments repeatably
Environments that differ from one another make testing and troubleshooting harder. Versioned infrastructure configuration and a defined change path create a common foundation. Provisioning is tested, so new environments can be created following the same documented steps.
Your result: A coordinated infrastructure-as-code process with documented state management.
Integrate tests and approvals
A build result must stay linked to the change that triggered it. Checks and approvals are connected to this process; credentials are managed separately. We agree with the people responsible on your side which controls are automated and where a human decision remains necessary.
Your result: A traceable path from commit to approved artifact.
Test failure scenarios and hand over knowledge
Failed releases are part of the planning. Before the handover, the response, fallback paths and necessary decisions are coordinated and tested against the intended process. Joint run-throughs and documentation give your team the foundation for operating the automation going forward.
Your result: A proven release path with error handling and handover.
Managed cloud & operations
The cloud is running, and every day brings new alerts, updates and change requests. Managed Cloud from OTOKO® provides structured support for this. Together, we determine which systems are monitored, who handles incidents and how maintenance and recovery are organized. Your team gets defined contacts and can plan the remaining tasks realistically.
What you engage us for
The service catalog names the components, tasks, service hours and escalation paths covered. Necessary preparatory work is coordinated before the takeover. Maintenance, incident handling and regular review then form a defined scope of service whose boundaries stay visible to your team.
Tasks and results at a glance
Prepare the takeover thoroughly
A reliable takeover requires known systems, usable access and current contacts. During onboarding, we record the inventory along with open issues and agree on necessary follow-up work. The handover plan sets out when each task actually moves into support.
Your result: A takeover plan with service boundaries and recorded prerequisites.
Handle alerts and incidents
Not every alert has the same urgency. Monitoring, priorities and escalation are aligned with the agreed systems and service hours. This makes it clear to your team how incidents are reported, handled and, if needed, handed over to other owners.
Your result: An alert and escalation plan with contacts and agreed service levels.
Coordinate maintenance and changes
Maintenance affects ongoing operation and needs coordinated time windows. Updates and changes are planned, approved and reviewed together with the application owners. The documentation records the intervention and the result, which makes later decisions easier.
Your result: Traceable maintenance and change procedures with defined approvals.
Track recovery and improvements
Backup reports alone do not show whether an application can be brought back up. Agreed recovery tests therefore complement the review of backups. Insights from tests and operations feed into measures with assigned owners and trackable next steps.
Your result: Operations reports, documented recovery tests and a joint action plan.
FinOps & cost optimization
The cloud bill is growing, but the connection to applications, teams and business projects stays unclear. FinOps makes this connection visible. OTOKO® brings together cost and usage data, identifies technical measures and assesses commitment models against expected demand. The result is a manageable cost base that also provides guidance for new projects.
What you engage us for
Cost allocation, prioritized measures and a traceable assessment of contract options form the core of the engagement. If needed, we support the technical implementation and review the observed impact. Estimated potential is explicitly kept separate from actual changes in spending.
Tasks and results at a glance
Break down the bill
Shared resources and missing tags make it harder to allocate spending. Consumption data is therefore combined with applications, teams and projects. Recurring costs and one-time projects can then be considered separately and discussed with budget owners.
Your result: A cost structure with owners and documented allocation rules.
Reduce unneeded consumption
Unused resources, oversized systems and unnecessary runtimes are different causes of avoidable spending. The analysis assesses them based on usage and application requirements. Measures are coordinated with the technical owners and, after implementation, reviewed for their actual impact.
Your result: A prioritized optimization plan with technical justification and impact monitoring.
Assess pricing advantages against your demand
A commitment sets future obligations. That is why the term, prerequisites and planned usage are compared jointly. The assessment shows which assumptions support a pricing advantage and which changes in demand could call it into question.
Your result: A comparison of suitable commitment models with assumptions, risks and concrete offer terms.
Manage costs on an ongoing basis
Cost management remains a joint task for IT, procurement and budget owners. A regular review connects deviations with new projects and measures already agreed. This way, insights from ongoing consumption feed into the next decision.
Your result: A repeatable FinOps process with action tracking and updated assumptions.
Cloud and your own infrastructure
Not everything needs to move.
Everything needs to fit together.
Applications that stay in the data center and new cloud services need shared rules for network, identities and operations.
Understand hybrid architectureYour data centerExisting applications
Network & identitiesCoordinated access and operations
Cloud platformsAzure · T Cloud · other providers
How an idea becomes a project
A clear start.
Results you can verify.
- 01
Understand
Capture goals, applications and challenges together.
- 02
Decide
Align architecture, cost assumptions and responsibilities.
- 03
Implement
Start with a scoped pilot and review the results.
- 04
Develop further
Hand over or operate together, and improve in a targeted way.
Talk to us about your project
What should your cloud
improve?
One specific challenge is enough to start. We will clarify with you what support makes sense.
Discuss your cloud project
