Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS and Azure. Both, properly.
We hold partner status with both Microsoft and AWS, and we run live workloads on each. That matters mostly because it means we have nothing riding on which one you pick. From migration through to architecture, identity, networking, cost optimisation and the monitoring that catches problems before users do, we work on both clouds directly rather than through somebody else's practice.
Which cloud depends on what you already run.
Nothing about your choice changes what we earn, so the answer comes from your estate: your identity, your existing workloads, your costs. Here is how that usually plays out.
No preferred answer
We are partners on both sides, so nothing about your choice changes what we earn. That is the only reason a recommendation on this question is worth reading.
Already on Microsoft?
If you're running Entra, Intune, M365 and a hybrid AD, Azure usually wins on identity alone. We can show you that on your data rather than assert it.
Already on AWS?
A stable, well-run AWS footprint is not a problem to be solved. There is no rule that says you have to move it, and we will not invent one.
Cost discipline
Every quarter we look at what's running. Reserved instances, idle resources, oversized VMs. Most clients are surprised by what comes back.
On-prem isn't dead
When latency, cost or compliance argues for a server in a server room, we'll tell you. Honest about cloud means honest about not-cloud.
Identity before infrastructure
Most cloud breaches start with a stolen login, not a broken server. We sort out who can sign in and what they can touch before anything else: passkeys for admins, no shared root accounts, and access you can review in one place.
What this looks like in practice
- Cloud migration
- Lift-and-shift, re-platform, or re-architect, whichever genuinely makes sense. Onto AWS or Azure, using each platform's own tooling the way it was meant to be used.
- Architecture & cost review
- Find the spend you can take out without making the system fragile. Most clients are paying for reserved instances they stopped using months ago.
- Backup & disaster recovery
- Automated backups that have actually been restored from. Recovery plans you can run on the day you need them, not pull from a shelf.
- Monitoring & alerting
- Catch the database disk filling up at 2am. Page the right person, with the right context. Stop hearing about outages from users first.
How it runs
Inventory and assess
Find every workload that matters, what depends on what, and how each piece is currently sized and paid for.
Design the target
An architecture on whichever cloud fits, balancing performance, resilience, security and cost, with a migration plan you can measure progress against.
Migrate and run
Cutover with minimal downtime, monitoring stood up from day one, and a documented runbook handed over at the end.
Other services
- ISMS & AIMS AuditsISO 27001 and ISO 42001 implementation, internal audits, and stage 1 and stage 2 certification audits. On any one system we take one role, and an independent auditor we work with takes the other.
- IT ConsultingProject consulting, technology recommendations, and custom builds when off-the-shelf doesn't fit.
- CybersecuritySIEM and XDR setup, posture reviews, and the compliance work the auditors and insurers care about.
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going wrong.
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