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Consulting Services

IT Consulting That Leads to Decisions —
Not Just Concepts

We help you strategically develop your IT landscape—from analysis to implementation. We don’t just provide concepts that end up gathering dust; instead, we offer clear recommendations for action that you can put into practice right away.

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Consulting Services

We Develop Your IT Strategy — From Analysis to Implementation.

Digital transformation, increasing regulatory requirements, and the growing complexity of modern IT landscapes are presenting companies with ever-greater challenges. Successful IT strategies do not result solely from the use of new technologies, but from well-informed decisions based on clear objectives.

Today, cloud, cybersecurity, compliance, sustainability, and digital sovereignty must be viewed holistically.

GRASS-MERKUR’s consulting services help you strategically develop your IT landscape—from the initial analysis through the target architecture to successful implementation.

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Overview

Our Consulting Services

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Assessment & GAP Analysis

The first step in any successful transformation is transparency. With a structured GAP analysis, we compare the current maturity of your IT against future requirements and regulatory obligations.

Key areas:

  • IT infrastructure analyses
  • Cloud Readiness Assessments
  • NIS2 and DORA GAP analyses
  • KRITIS impact analyses
  • Cyber Security Assessments
  • Compliance and governance evaluations
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Data Center Consulting

Planning, optimization and further development of modern data center and infrastructure strategies.

Key areas:

  • Data center strategy
  • Site evaluations
  • Colocation consulting
  • High-density and AI infrastructures
  • Capacity planning
  • Migration and consolidation concepts
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Cloud Strategy & Transformation

Cloud solutions have to fit your business processes — not the other way around.

Key areas:

  • Cloud Readiness Assessments
  • Target architectures
  • Hybrid cloud concepts
  • Multi-cloud strategies
  • Cloud migration
  • Cloud Governance
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NIS2 & KRITIS

Support with regulatory requirements and the development of robust security structures.

Key areas:

  • Impact analyses
  • GAP analyses
  • Action planning
  • Governance structures
  • Risk analyses
  • Audit preparation
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DORA & Compliance

Resilience for companies in the financial and insurance sector.

Key areas:

  • DORA Readiness
  • Operational Resilience
  • Third-Party Risk Management
  • Compliance
  • Governance
  • IT risk management
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ESG, EnEfG & Sustainability

Sustainable infrastructure strategies combine economic efficiency with regulatory requirements.

Key areas:

  • ESG in IT
  • Green IT
  • Energy efficiency
  • EnEfG
  • Sustainability assessments
  • COâ‚‚-oriented infrastructure planning
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Digital Sovereignty

Greater control over data, applications and digital value creation. We help companies steer technological dependencies deliberately and safeguard their freedom of action in the long term.

Key areas:

  • Data sovereignty
  • Digital resilience
  • Open source strategies
  • Cloud independence
  • Avoiding vendor lock-in
  • Strategic IT governance
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VMware Migration

Handling Broadcom licensing changes with confidence: current-state analysis, migration or optimization of your VMware environment — technically sound and with your compliance requirements in view.

Key areas:

  • Current-state analysis
  • Strategy consulting
  • Migration to the target platform
  • Managed operations
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Your Path to ISO 27001 and TISAX

We accompany you on the way to recognized security and quality standards. From preparation through to successful certification, we help you implement requirements in a structured way and embed them for the long term.

Key areas:

  • ISO 27001 certification
  • TISAX assessment preparation
  • GAP analysis & action planning
  • Documentation & evidence management
  • Support throughout the audit process
  • Lasting integration into the organization
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Good Reasons

Why Choose GRASS-MERKUR Consulting Services?

With over five decades of experience in operating high-availability data centers, we combine strategic consulting with practical implementation expertise.

We don’t just advise on IT infrastructure—we operate it ourselves, every day.

Your Benefits

  • Vendor-neutral consulting
  • A holistic approach instead of isolated solutions
  • Technical and regulatory expertise from a single source
  • Support from analysis through implementation
  • Practical implementation rather than purely conceptual consulting

Finding the Right
IT Strategy Together

Whether cloud transformation, mainframe modernization or digital sovereignty — we help you develop your IT landscape strategically and put it on a future-proof footing.

Take the pressure off your IT team with a strong consulting partner. Let us work out together which solution fits your company.

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