Cloud
Cloud Decisions Grounded in a Clear Business Reason
We agree why the organisation is moving before choosing anything, then migrate workloads in planned stages, with security, monitoring and cost ownership in place from the start.
Our Point of View
The cloud rewards organisations that change how they build and run software. Every migration we plan starts from that, and from a stated business reason.
The Situation
Speed, resilience, cost and reach each lead to a different design, so a clear reason for moving shapes every decision that follows. When the way of working changes along with the hosting, the cloud repays the investment: spending can be traced, ownership is clear and security settings stay consistent between teams.
Our Approach
We agree the reason before selecting a provider or an architecture. Some workloads should move as they are, some should be rebuilt and a few should stay where they are. Infrastructure is defined in code so that it can be reviewed and rebuilt, monitoring reports a problem before a customer does, and every line of cost has a named owner.
What We Deliver
From Hosted Systems to an Accountable Cloud Estate
How We Engage
Your First Version in Four Weeks
A first set of workloads is running within four weeks, with infrastructure defined in code and monitoring and backups in place. The full engagement runs to eight weeks, and a wider estate or regulated workloads follow their own plan.
Configuration on Your Data
We stand up the platform and load it with data representative of your business. By the close of week one, your stakeholders are reviewing a working system.
Expected Outcomes
What Leadership Should Expect to See
A Bill That Can Be Explained
A monthly view shows cost by service and owner, with budgets that warn early, so that leadership can see where the money goes and question it.
A Consistent, Reviewable Estate
Networks, environments and access are defined in code, in one consistent form, so that the estate can be reviewed and rebuilt.
Earlier Warning of Problems
Monitoring reports a problem before a customer does, and services are built to deploy safely, so that a failed deployment stays contained.
Industries
Where This Work Applies
Product teams gain services that scale on demand, deploy safely and recover without manual work, on infrastructure that every team configures the same way.
Identity, encryption, logging and policy checks are in place from the first day, which gives reviewers a consistent record across every team.
Online and store systems are designed to scale with demand, with cost shown by service, so that a busy period can be planned for and its spending understood.
Insights
Perspectives on Cloud Strategy
Guide · 4-minute read
Write the Test Plan for a Live Event Around Failure, With the Forecast as One Input
ExpandA live audience shares one clock, so the forecast ramp is the gentlest case. We test where each component breaks, how it breaks and how it recovers, and connect those checks to every release.
Guide · 4-minute read
Moving a Regulated Firm to the Cloud: Plan for the Accountability That Stays With You
ExpandThe provider can share the tasks. Accountability to the regulator stays with the bank and its board, and we plan the cloud programme on that footing from the first architecture review.
Guide · 4-minute read
Tenant Isolation Is Settled in the First Week, and We Build It Into Your First Release
ExpandThe first migrations decide whether one customer can ever see another's data. We settle the model, put tenant context in every table and test with two tenants from the start.
Guide · 4-minute read
Data Residency Starts With Tracing Every Copy, and We Set Up Controls From the First Day
ExpandChoosing an Indian region is often treated as the answer. The rules depend on the kind of data and who holds it, and they follow every copy, so we begin by finding each one.
Perspective · 4-minute read
A Cloud Bill You Can Explain: Every Cost Line With a Reason and an Owner
ExpandA bill that rises after the move describes how the software was built. We give every line an owner and a reason, so leadership can see what changed and why.
Frequently Asked
Questions From Prospective Clients
Which Cloud Provider Should We Use?
Can Our Cloud Bill Be Reduced Without Rebuilding Our Systems?
Must Every Workload Move to the Cloud?
Which Workloads Will Actually Be Running After Four Weeks?
Each of Our Teams Has Set Up Its Cloud Differently. How Is That Brought Into Line?
A Failed Deployment Can Take Our Whole System Down. What Changes That?
How Will We Know Our Cloud Data Is Set Up Securely?
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Related Services
Business Consulting
Clear direction on what to change first, and a plan with named owners that your people are able to carry out.
Applications
A considered view of the application portfolio, modernised in stages, connected properly and kept running well.
AI and Automation
Applied AI for document processing, knowledge and workflow, measured on your own records before it reaches production.
Next Step
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