Global Excellence 2019

220 Acquisition International - Global Excellence 2019 16 Acquisit on International - Issue 8 2019 At Denny Cherry and Associates Consulting [DCAC], expertise is the primary differentiator from other cloud consulting companies. enowned for their impressive list of cross-platform experts – more than 80% of whom are Microsoft MVP’s - the company assists small, enterprise and corporate companies to reliably attain their cloud technology goals. “The primary benefit of DCAC is the reliability of the solution. You have the benefit of multiple, globally renowned experts working your case. You will likely only meet only one or two of them, but we all routinely engage the rest of the team for tweaks in their area of specialization to ensure optimal results,” CEO and founder Denny Cherry explains. Since their inception, DCAC has won countless awards for their dexterity in cloud technologies, and just last week the company made the illustrious Inc. 5000 List of the Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S. “Most of our consultants were working with Azure and other cloud technologies before they were even publicly available, so when it comes to cloud consulting, we’re a great bet.” Cloud Migration Made Easy One of the most popular services DCAC offers is cloud migration. “Migrations are an exciting starting point for many of our clients, because once they get there, we can actually show them the possibilities for their long-term goals like their Big Data or Data Warehousing projects. They tend to come back to us to initiate projects that will increase production or even revolutionize their business.” Where’s the best place to start with a migration project? Cherry starts by asking clients to honestly assess their company’s IT habits and long-term goals before designing a migration. “I ask how they’ve managed their servers and software for the last decade,” Denny explains. “If your company regularly postpones updating out of support software or replacing legacy hardware, that’s probably not going to change. So it’s worth considering an all-cloud solution. We did that for a Tier II company that was shopping for server parts on eBay. They now have the benefit of the latest and greatest software and still save 15% a year on their annual IT spend.” What about companies that hesitate to migrate due to proprietary applications? “If migrating to the cloud is your goal, your applications should never be viewed as an inhibitor to that goal. They can be updated and/or paired with software editions that enable not only their transfer, but increase efficiency,” Denny explains. The Virtuosos of Cloud Consulting R Jun19285 Jul19549