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Cloud infrastructure and services

Move to the cloud, then run it well

Cloud strategy from migration to day-to-day operations, across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud: managed operations, FinOps to keep spend in check, and cloud-native architecture that scales.

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On-premises rack

  1. Customer websiteWave 1
  2. ERPWave 1
  3. Orders databaseWave 2
  4. File sharesWave 2
  5. Nightly batchWave 3
  6. Old intranetRetire

AWSeu-west-2, London

Wave 1 Move as it is

    Wave 2 Managed services

      Wave 3 Rebuilt cloud-native

        • Monitoring
        • Patching
        • Backups
        • Spend by team

        Six workloads in the rack: five to move, one to retire. Pick a cloud and migrate.

        Sample estate. Region shown is the provider’s London region.

        Two halves of the same job

        Move

        Get there in planned waves, and build for the cloud you land in.

        • Cloud migrations

          Moving applications and data to the cloud in planned waves, choosing for each one whether to move it as it is, adapt it or rebuild it.

        • Cloud-native architecture

          Designing systems around managed services, containers and automation so they scale and recover on their own.

        Run

        Keep it healthy every day, and keep the bill in check.

        • Managed operations

          Running your cloud estate day to day: monitoring, patching, backups and changes.

        • FinOps optimisation

          Making cloud spend visible by team and service, and cutting waste such as idle and oversized resources.

        Plan a migration

        Choose a route for each application in a sample estate. The plan groups them into waves, quickest moves first.

        • Customer websiteStateless, containerised
        • ERPVendor-supported on VMs
        • Orders databasePostgreSQL on a VM
        • Nightly batchCron jobs on one server
        • Old intranetReplaced by SharePoint
        • File shares6 TB of documents

        Wave 1 Quick moves

        • Customer website
        • ERP

        Wave 2 Managed services

        • Orders database
        • File shares

        Wave 3 Rebuilds

        • Nightly batch

        Switch off No move needed

        • Old intranet

        Sample estate. Real plans also weigh dependencies, risk and licences.

        Where we start

        Before the first wave

        Every engagement opens with a discovery assessment. For cloud work, these are the first questions.

        • The applications and data to move, and what depends on what

        • Your target clouds: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or more than one

        • Current spend, and how it is tracked

        • Uptime, security and data residency requirements

        Three phases, planned like a migration

        1. 01Discovery assessment

          We look at your current infrastructure, find the gaps and map them to your business objectives.

        2. 02Solution design

          Our architects design a solution for your technical and compliance requirements, sized to grow.

        3. 03Implementation

          We deploy and integrate with zero-downtime methods, keeping disruption to your daily operations to a minimum.

        Bar lengths show the order of work, not a fixed timetable.

        Built by the same team

        Privileged access, cloud by cloud

        SWOT Cloud PAM: Controlling privileged access to AWS, Azure and GCP.

        • AWS
        • Microsoft Azure
        • Google Cloud
        View SWOT Cloud PAM

        Questions about cloud work

        1. Which clouds do you work with?

          AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

        2. What does the cloud service cover?

          Migrations, managed operations, FinOps optimisation and cloud-native architecture and scaling.

        3. How do you avoid disruption during a migration?

          Moves are planned in the design phase and carried out with zero-downtime methods, to keep disruption to daily operations to a minimum.

        Tell us what you want to move

        We scope quickly and you speak to senior engineers from the first call.

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