Digital IQ Consulting Deliverables

Companies need a fundamentally different approach to building and managing technology—one better suited to the ever-changing reality of today’s business landscape.   Anticipating and preparing for this shockwave requires understanding and knowledge of what’s required for modernizing IT.

Our technology strategy and advisory services help reinvent organizations and build business value thanks to resilient industry-specific technology architectures, as well as cost-efficient and flexible cloud and data solutions.   The outcome? Uncovering financial resources that can fund further tech investments and create an engine of growth.

 Digital IQ’s experience and expertise with DevOps solutions allows us to provide deliverable based solutions and training for a fixed price, in addition to hourly rates for all levels of Dedicated DevOps Engineering Services.

Red Hat OpenShift Cluster with Persistent Storage

Cost: $25,000

Expert design and implementation service to deliver Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform in a Public Cloud, Virtualization Platform, or on Bare Metal. The solution comes with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) as a persistent storage implementation for OpenShift that allows running both stateless and stateful applications.

The service allows developers and IT organizations to rapidly adopt enterprise-grade Kubernetes application development and deployment so they can focus on what matters most, their applications.

Highlights

  • OpenShift cluster delivery on your choice of infrastructure
  • Get up and running with OpenShift in an automated manner

Flexibility

  • Run stateful and stateless applications
  • Service supports OpenShift deployment in AWS/ GCP/ Azure/ VMware/ RHEV and on bare metal

Outcomes

  • A ready-to-go OpenShift cluster deployed on your choice for underlying infrastructure
  • Fully integrated container-native persistent storage based on OpenShift Data Foundation
Dedicated DevOps Engineering Services

Cost: Rates depend on technology, location and time zone.

As your company evolves, the once-effective processes and approaches begin to slow down the pace of innovation. This is when you should think about inviting a Digital-IQ DevOps expert to join your tech team. An Digital-IQ engineer will introduce a culture of continuous improvement, build better processes between programmers and operations, advise on the appropriate set of tools for them, and make your DevOps infrastructure scalable, secure, and stable.

We deliver exceptional technology solutions for world-class businesses in every industry, from dynamic startups and SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.

Highlights

  • Assistance of an Expert Level DevOps engineer
  • Increase the capacity, security and scalability of your infrastructure
  • Solutions that provide efficient collaboration between the programmers and the operations teams
  • Digital-IQ engineers are experienced and certified with modern IT technologies and techniques.

Flexibility

  • Permanent or temporary DevOps engineering assistance for a modern IT solution
  • Support of all time zones
  • Wide list of supported DevOps technologies
  • Short or long term

Outcomes

  • Complete setup DevOps Infrastructures that leverage the latest solutions and techniques
  • Extension of your team’s capabilities
  • Understandable processes and approaches that can be used by your internal resources beyond Digital-IQ’s engagement
GitLab DevOps High Availability Solution

Cost: $25,000

Digital-IQ Designs and implements a highly available GitLab environment that provides customers the ability to collaboratively plan, build, secure, and deploy software as a complete DevOps Solution. Digital-IQ can deploy GitLab on Public or Private clouds. Azure/GKE/AWS/Vmware infrastructures are supported platforms.

Highlights

  • All-in-one source code control and DevOps solution
  • Standardization of application development and delivery
  • Ability to the seamless delivery application to the container platform
  • High-availability for all the key components

Flexibility

  • Work with the Digital-IQ Solution Technology team to implement according to your schedule
  • The service delivery takes only three weeks

Outcomes

  • Highly-available GitLab, all its features are available
  • Customer IT staff have skills to efficiently manage GitLab
Environment and Application Automation with Red Hat Ansible Tower

Pricing: Depends on the customer’s requirements and will be defined by a custom SOW.

Design and implementation of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform enterprise-grade infrastructure according to best practices and customer environment specifics, integration into the existing, and development of new processes.

Highlights

  • Design the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform infrastructure using implementation best practices
    Digital-IQ Engineering team implements the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform deployment, develops the automation scenarios, and integrates services
  • Knowledge-sharing, platform onboarding, and skills improvements for the internal resources by our Architects and Engineers

Flexibility

  • Any supported platforms – on-premises environment, cloud infrastructures, and containerized services
  • We support, upgrade and automate your Red Hat Ansible Tower and IT processes around

Outcomes

  • Ready to go Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Managed infrastructure as a code – repeatable and scalable
Red Hat Ansible Automation Development

Pricing: Depends on the customer’s requirements and will be defined by a custom SOW.

Ansible automation development service that reduces time spent on routine task implementation and reduces risks of human mistakes using Ansible Automation. The service may work with different automation areas including but not limited to workflow creation, infrastructure as code, confirmation management, application delivery and testing. The service produces Ansible-based automation that you may apply against any services in scope of the service.

Highlights

  • SRE team prepares your services to onboard automation, write ansible playbooks, roles, connects inventories, integrates services, configures pre-prod and prod deployments
  • Automation services onboarding assistance by our SRE team

Flexibility

  • Any timezone
  • Support on-prem, cloud
  • infrastructures and containerized services
  • Linux/Unix/Windows/FreeBSD are supported server operating systems

Outcomes

  • Ansible based automation (playbooks, roles, and modules) to automate your routine tasks
  • Managed infrastructure as a code, repeatable, manageable, and scalable
Red Hat Ansible Network Automation

Pricing: Depends on the customer’s requirements and will be defined by a custom SOW.

Ansible automation development service that reduces time spent on network device initial provisioning, configuration and routine tasks. The service produces Ansible-based automation to work with your network infrastructure in an automated way. The service supports a number of network-related vendors including but not limited to Cisco, Juniper, F5, etc.

Highlights

  • All-in-one source code control and DevOps solution
  • Standardization of application development and delivery
  • Ability to the seamless delivery application to the container platform
  • High-availability for all the key components

Flexibility

  • Work with the Digital-IQ Solution Technology team to implement according to your schedule
  • The service delivery takes only three weeks

Outcomes

  • Highly-available GitLab, all its features are available
  • Customer IT staff have skills to efficiently manage GitLab
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Managed Service

Cost: Based on Customer Requirements

Ongoing operations and support for your OpenShift deployments. Managed services help you simplify your OpenShift deployment and maintenance and reduce operational overhead and complexities. This allows developers and IT organizations to rapidly adopt enterprise-grade Kubernetes application development and deployment so they can focus on what matters most, their applications.

Highlights

  • SRE team helps you to perform ongoing support of your OpenShift environment(s)
  • Fill gaps in internal skills and resources
  • Application onboarding assistance by our SRE team

Flexibility

  • 24×7 or 9×5 or 12×5 support model
  • Any timezone
  • OpenShift 4.x and 3.x can be supported
  • We can support any existing clusters or provision new clusters if it is needed

Outcomes

  • Fully managed from infrastructure to daily operations
  • Enhanced security with continuous patching
Application Containerization Intro with Hands-On Training

Cost: $2,000

A hands-on training that focuses on application containerization and containerization best practices. After the training you will be able to containerize existing Linux applications using different methods and run them in a containerized environment.

Highlights

  • Hands-on training that helps with application containerization
  • Create container images using different techniques
  • Develop Dockerfile for application image customizations
  • Get practical experience from hands-on labs

Flexibility

  • Up to 10 students
  • 1 x 8 hour day or 2 x 4 hour days
  • Two versions depending on your preferences (Docker, Podman)

Outcomes

  • Understand application containerization process
  • Be able to create your own container images
  • Be able to develop your own Dockerfile
Containers Intro with Hands-On Training

Cost: $2,000

A hands-on training that helps to understand and start using container technology if you have never used it before. No container knowledge is required for students. After the training you will have a good understanding of container technology and their architecture. Hands-on labs will help you to run and manage containers using existing images.

Highlights

  • Hands-on training to use containers
  • Start using containers from zero
  • Get theoretical knowledge
  • Get practical experience from hands-on labs

Flexibility

  • Up to 10 students
  • 1 x 8 hour day or 2 x 4 hour days
  • Twoversions depending on your preferences (Docker, Podman)

Outcomes

  • Understand Microservices
  • Understand container nature
  • Be able to manage containers using existing images
Kubernetes Intro with Hands-On Training

 Cost: $3,000

A hands-on training on basic Kubernetes features. The training includes a Kubernetes overview that includes high level kubernetes architecture and understanding of basic Kubernetes objects like Namespace, Pod, Service, Role, RoleBinding, etc. Hands on labs will help you to practice in application delivery using Kubernetes client utility. The training does not require any Kubernetes knowledge.

Highlights

  • Kubernetes hands-on training on basic features

Flexibility

  • Up to 10 students
  • 2 x 4 Hour Classes
  • For the labs customers can use Digital-IQ’s Kubernetes environment or their own Kubernetes instance

Outcomes

  • Understanding Kubernetes architecture and basic objects
  • Hands-on exercises of using our lab Kubernetes instances
  • You will be able to run basic applications in a Kubernetes-based environment
OpenShift Application Delivery with Hands-On Training

Cost: $10,000

An OpenShift hands-on training that helps you to start deploying your application in OpenShift smoothly. The training helps to understand OpenShift architecture, its application delivery objects that you will be using on a daily basis like Namespace, Pod, Service, Route, Deployment, etc. Hands on labs will help you to practice in application delivery using OpenShift client utility and OpenShift Web Console. The training does not require any OpenShift or Kubernetes knowledge.

Highlights

  • One week of OpenShift application delivery hands-on training

Flexibility

  • Up to 10 students
  • For the labs customers will be using can use Digital-IQ’s OpenShift environment 

Outcomes

  • Understanding OpenShift architecture and application delivery with OpenShift
  • Hands-on exercises of using our lab OpenShift instances
  • You will be able to run your applications using OpenShift best practices
GitLab Intro with Hands-On Training

 Cost: $1,500

A hands-on training on basic GitLab SaaS features. The training includes GitLab overview, hands-on introduction to GitLab basic configuration, CI/CD pipelines, some Premium and Ultimate features and real world GitLab implementation examples. The training does not require any GitLab knowledge.

Highlights

  • Introduction to Gitlab features
  • GitLab hands-on training on basic features

Flexibility

  • Up to 8 students
  • 2 x 4 Hour Classes
  • Using your GitLab SaaS instance

Outcomes

  • Understanding basic GitLab functionality
  • Hands-on exercises of using GitLab SaaS
  • You will be able to start using your GitLab Immediately
Jenkins to GitLab CI Migration Service

Pricing: Costs are based on your requirements.

A GitLab configuration and pipeline development service that allows you to smoothly migrate existing Jenkins jobs to your GitLab infrastructure. The service aims to move from Jenkins-based CI/CD to GitLab by implementing similar or enhanced workflows using GitLab functionality.

Highlights

  • Jenkins to GitLab CI migration service
  • Implementation of similar or enhanced pipelines using GitLab CI

Flexibility

  • CI only, CI/CD pipelines are supported
  • We will take care of all existing integrations

Outcomes

  • CI/CD pipelines are implemented using GitLab CI
  • GitLab is used as a standard DevOps tool
GitLab CI/CD Pipeline Implementation

Pricing: Costs are based customer requirements.

A GitLab configuration and pipeline development service that focuses on your application delivery automation from source code to production. Your manual or partially-automated processes will be moved under GitLab CI to speed up application delivery. For every application your service produces a pipeline that builds your application from source code, performs tests, publishes artifacts, delivers the application to all your environments after suffiient testing.

Highlights

  • GitLab configuration and GitLab CI pipeline development service to automate application delivery
  • Testing automation

Flexibility

  • We can start implementing GitLab pipelines even if you do not have any application delivery automation
  • We may create CI, CI/CD or CD only pipelines
  • Delivery to Kubernetes/OpenShift, Public clouds or other application hosting platforms

Outcomes

  • End to end automation of application delivery processes
  • GitLab is used as a standard application delivery tool
  • CI/CD processes are implemented using GitLab CI
  • All necessary integrations are implemented
GitLab On-Prem Managed Service

 Cost: Are based on customer requirements

Ongoing operations and support for your GitLab deployments on any GitLab supported platforms. Managed services help you simplify your GitLab deployment and maintenance and reduce operational overhead and complexities. This service allows you to focus on your business and we will take care of your GitLab daily operations.

Highlights

  • SRE team helps you to perform ongoing support of your GitLab environment(s)
  • Fill gaps in internal skills and resources
  • Application onboarding assistance by our SRE team

Flexibility

  • 24×7 or 9×5 or 12×5 support model
  • Any timezone
  • We can support any existing installation or provision new GitLab instances if it is needed

Outcomes

  • Fully managed from infrastructure to daily operations