CONSULTING SERVICES
Workshops
We typically initiate a consulting engagement with a workshop that provides technology orientation,
education, and a summary assessment of your organization’s direction. The workshop consists of one
or two days of on-site training and facilitated planning sessions that will provide your internal
team with far greater awareness of the topics covered and of deployment issues specific to your
organization. We will also create a high-level action plan for moving forward with your
technology-related initiatives. Workshop agendas can include any topic covered in Burton
Group research services. Popular workshop topics include:
Application Platform Strategies Workshops:
APS workshops include:
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
Quick Start Workshop (PDF)
Burton Group's Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services Quick Start Workshop includes on-site training, a facilitated planning session, and a
written report with recommendations your project team can use to build and communicate a Web services
strategy. At the conclusion of the engagement, your team will have a comprehensive awareness of Web
services technology and development practices specific to your organization, as well as a high-level
action plan for moving forward with your service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiatives.
- Selecting Web Services Infrastructure Workshop (PDF)
Burton Group's Selecting Web Services Infrastructure Workshop includes on-site training, a
facilitated planning session, and a written report with recommendations your project team
can use to build and communicate a Web services infrastructure strategy. At the conclusion
of the engagement, your team will have a comprehensive awareness of Web services technology
and deployment issues specific to your organization, as well as a high-level action plan for
moving forward with integration-related initiatives.
- Software Development Lifecycle (PDF)
Delivering software on time and within budget remains a major
challenge for most IT organizations.
Collaboration and Content Strategies Workshops:
CCS workshops include:
- Understanding Microsoft SharePoint v3/2007 in Context (PDF)
Microsoft SharePoint (composed of Windows SharePoint Services “v3” and Office SharePoint Server 2007) is Microsoft’s strategic collaboration and content server, and it has strategic implications — with both good and bad potential — for enterprise planning. As the server-side counterpart to Microsoft Office, SharePoint is Microsoft’s focus for exploiting several market trends at the intersection of communication, collaboration, and content management. Encompassing everything from blogs to enterprise content management, SharePoint has the potential to help organizations more effectively collaborate and manage content. If unsuccessfully deployed, however, SharePoint can exacerbate rather than advancing enterprise collaboration and content management planning, with out-of-control content dissemination and explosive growth in unmanaged workspaces.
Identity and Privacy Strategies Workshops:
IdPS workshops include:
- Federated
Identity Strategy (PDF)
Burton Group's Federated Identity Strategy Workshop includes on-site training, a
facilitated planning session, and a written report with recommendations your project
team can use to build and communicate a federated identity strategy. At the conclusion
of the engagement, your team will have a comprehensive awareness of federated identity
technology and deployment issues specific to your organization, as well as a high-level
action plan for moving forward with a federation initiative.
- Building a Cohesive
Identity Management System (PDF)
Burton Group's Identity Management Workshop includes on-site training, a facilitated
planning session, and a written report with recommendations your project team can use
to build and communicate a detailed identity management strategy. At the conclusion of
the engagement, your extended identity management team will have a greater awareness
of technology and deployment issues specific to your organization, as well as a high-level
action plan for moving forward with your identity management initiative.
- Integrating and
Consolidating Directory Services (PDF)
Burton Group's Directory Services Workshop includes on-site training, a facilitated planning
session, and a written report with actionable recommendations. At the conclusion of the engagement,
your extended directory team will have a far greater awareness of directory technology and deployment
issues specific to your organization as well as a high-level action plan for moving forward with your
directory-related initiatives.
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Evaluating and Selecting
Provisioning Solutions (PDF)
Burton Group's Provisioning Strategy Workshop includes on-site training, a facilitated
planning session, and a written report with recommendations and a high-level action
plan for moving forward with your provisioning initiatives.
Network and Telecom Strategies Workshops:
NTS workshops include:
- Developing an
Enterprise Network Architecture (PDF)
The Enterprise Network Architecture Workshop is designed to allow organizations to quickly
leverage Burton Group's "Reference Architecture" framework to create a strategic network plan
capable of meeting current and future network requirements.
- Understanding and Implementing IP
Telephony/Voice over IP (PDF)
Burton Group's IP Telephony/Voice over IP Workshop is designed to enable enterprises to
quickly understand Internet Protocol Telephony (IPT) and Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) technologies, supporting network requirements, and best practices for voice and
data convergence. At the end of this workshop, attendees will have not only a deep
technical understanding of IPT/VoIP, but also a roadmap they can use for IPT/VoIP
implementation within their organization.
- Planning an IPv6 Transition Strategy (PDF)
Burton Group's IPv6 Workshop includes on-site training, a facilitated planning session, and a written
report with recommendations your project team can use to plan an IPv6 transition strategy for your
organization.
- Implementing MPLS and WAN VPN Strategies (PDF)
Burton Group's MPLS & WAN VPN Strategies Workshop includes on-site training, a facilitated planning session, and a
written report with recommendations your project team can use to plan a flexible and efficient strategy for building
and maintaining site-to-site connectivity.
Security and Risk Management Strategies Workshop:
SRMS workshop includes:
- Enterprise Security Consulting Services (PDF)
Burton Group's Enterprise Security Consulting Services help enterprises meet their strategic information protection
needs by augmenting technical expertise in key areas, helping meet critical deadlines, and providing an independent
and objective view on critical security issues.