Always On Application Consulting

Always On by Kyndryl is a specialized consultancy and managed services program designed to modernize mission-critical workloads while ensuring zero downtime and unmatched reliability.

Everything breaks. We plan on it.

Always On is a holistic cloud reliability approach that starts at the infrastructure, extends through data and application design, and embeds reliability into people and culture. Built on proven methods refined over 25 years, Always On has limited downtime to just seven minutes for services under Kyndryl management, requiring a fundamental shift in how reliability and resiliency are designed and operated end to end.

Customer Challenges

As mission-critical workloads move to the cloud, organizations must also modernize how they meet demanding nonfunctional requirements such as reliability, scalability, and observability. Common challenges include:

• Lack of trust in public cloud platforms for mission-critical workloads
• Overreliance on lift-and-shift approaches that do not improve resiliency
• Limited transparency into cloud outage root causes and impact
• Outages driven by application complexity rather than infrastructure failure
• Highly distributed systems with hundreds of interdependencies
• Operational teams lacking end-to-end visibility into application behavior
• Architectures designed without continuous testing and validation

Solution Overview

Kyndryl enables customers to modernize mission-critical workloads on Microsoft Azure by designing and implementing cloud-native architectures that maximize resiliency, scalability, and observability. The Always On approach supports customers from migration planning through optimization, enabling adoption of Azure capabilities while maintaining operational excellence.

Always On Rapid Assessment Consultation

This six to eight week engagement includes:

• Informative workshops
• Always On discovery and assessment sessions
• Co-created recommendations and target architectures
• Always On summary and operational playbook

Key Benefits

• Near-zero downtime: Architect and operate workloads to withstand both planned and unplanned failures
• Improved customer experience: Ensure continuous access to critical business services
• Revenue protection: Reduce financial impact caused by outages and service disruptions
• Lower operational risk: Strengthen resilience against cyber events, system failures, and dependencies
• Cloud confidence: Build trust in Azure for mission-critical workloads through proven reliability patterns

Customer Business Outcomes

By co-creating and implementing failure-resistant architectures, organizations can achieve zero downtime across both planned and unplanned outages.

• Customer satisfaction: Always-available services increase trust, loyalty, and engagement
• Revenue generation: Continuous availability protects sales and brand reputation
• Risk management: Reduced exposure to operational, security, and availability risks

Deliverables

• End-to-end next-generation architecture aligned to Always On principles
• Infrastructure recommendations for multi-hybrid Always On architectures
• Application and data pattern guidance for reliability and resiliency
• Automation, orchestration, observability, and operational capability recommendations

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Terms, conditions, duration, and pricing are custom to each engagement. Please contact us to discuss a solution that meets your business needs. Offer availability may be limited in some countries.

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