Starfish Advisory: Target Architecture

Organic is great for carrots and apples, but not your network; it’s the polite term that we use to describe a network that grown in an uncontrolled manner. An organic network will usually be mis-aligned with business goals and will have scaled in an unplanned manner leading to a lack of visibility, as well as performance, security, and resilience issues.

Target Architecture engagements at Starfish follows a structured approached which delivers a secure, performant, resilient infrastructure, which delivers business outcomes over the long term. The approach involves the following steps.

✅ Understand your business and desired business outcomes.

✅ Understand your current environment.

✅ Document a modular Target Architecture to achieve these business outcomes.

✅ Create a five-year Network Roadmap evolving from your current state to the Target Architecture.

Starfish consultants have delivered this service over long term engagements with customers in higher education, retail, and finance. These customers reaped the benefits of long-term strategic planning, such as stability, investment protection, and reduced total cost of ownership.

To speak to Starfish about Target Architecture engagements, email info@starfishlabs.io.