Well-founded decision basis for switching to IONOS Cloud

Switching from a US hyperscaler or from your own data center to a sovereign European cloud is an investment decision that must be well-founded. For the public administration, the economic efficiency investigation according to § 7 BHO/LHO is mandatory; for companies, it is the basis on which management and committees make decisions.

We create your economic efficiency consideration according to WiBe 5.0 – the established procedure of the federal administration for IT projects – and evaluate IONOS Cloud transparently against the continuation of your current state and against other alternatives.

What you get

1. Analysis of the current situation and definition of alternatives
Recording of your current infrastructure (AWS, Azure, On-Premises or hybrid), delimitation of the subject of consideration and determination of the alternatives to be compared.

2. Monetary evaluation (WiBe KN)
Migration and introduction costs, ongoing operating costs for compute, storage, network, licenses, personnel and support, exit costs from the previous provider – over a consideration period of usually five years, calculated using the capital value method with the current calculation interest rate of the BMF.

3. Urgency (WiBe D)
Replacement urgency due to support end, security risks, contract terms and regulatory pressure – such as BSI C5, the C3A criteria catalog or NIS-2.

4. Qualitative-strategic importance (WiBe Q)
Digital sovereignty and jurisdiction of data, DSGVO compliance, manufacturer independence and exit capability, standard conformity, scalability and operational security.

5. External effects (WiBe E)
Impacts on citizens, customers, partners and employees.

6. Risk and sensitivity analysis
How robust is the result in the event of price changes, migration delays or changed usage behavior?

7. Decision template
Complete WiBe report, transparent calculation model, key figure overview and presentation for management, committee or budget committee.

Result-open and audit-proof

The consideration follows the standard procedure and is methodically designed to withstand examination by the Court of Auditors, Supervisory Board or Audit Committee. You will receive an honest evaluation – even if individual workloads are better left where they are.

Process

Kick-off and delimitation, data collection in two to three workshops, evaluation and modeling, coordination of the draft, final presentation. Typical duration: four to eight weeks, depending on the scope of the current landscape.

For whom

Federal, state and local authorities, KRITIS operators, public IT service providers and companies with compliance and sovereignty requirements.

And then?

If desired, we transfer the result directly into the procurement process: service description, evaluation matrix and procurement-law-secure tender – see our product "Tendering and Procurement Management".