01 / Place
Decide where each workload belongs on evidence, not preference.
- Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Private Cloud
- Hybrid & Multi-Cloud
- Data Center Colocation
- Bare Metal
Where the workload should live, and who answers at 2am.
Public, private, hybrid, colocation or the rack you already own. We model the real cost of each option including egress, licensing and the staff time nobody puts in the business case, then source and oversee the move.
36Cloud, storage, licence and managed services
4Hyperscalers plus private and bare metal
5AI-enabled capabilities in the domain
24/7Managed operations and helpdesk options
The practice
How the practice is structured
Four moves, in order. Most programs we inherit are strong at one stage and thin at the others. The assessment tells you which.
02 / Connect
Private paths to the platforms, sized for the traffic that's real.
- AWS Direct Connect
- Azure ExpressRoute
- Oracle FastConnect
- CDN
- Data Fabrics
03 / Protect
Recovery you have actually tested, at a cost you agreed up front.
- DRaaS
- BUaaS
- Object Storage
- Block Storage
04 / Operate
The unglamorous part: someone owns it after go-live.
- Helpdesk as a Service
- IT Outsourcing (ITO)
- Application Management (ERP, CRM)
- Software License Optimization
The catalogue
36 services in Cloud & Managed Services
Everything on the solution map under this domain. If a requirement isn't listed, it's usually still sourceable, so ask.
Cloud Connectivity 7
- Data Fabrics
- Public Cloud Connections
- AWS Direct Connect
- Azure ExpressRoute
- Oracle FastConnect
- CDN
- SaaS Platforms
Infrastructure 12
- Data Center & Cloud
- Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Oracle Fusion
- SAP HANA
- Private Cloud
- Hybrid & Multi-Cloud
- IaaS
- PaaS
- Bare Metal
- DRaaS
- BUaaS
- Data Center Colocation
Storage 4
- Cloud-Based Storage
- Object Storage
- File Storage
- Block Storage
License & Application 4
- Software License Management
- ERP Management
- Software License Optimization
- Software Licensing
Managed & Professional Services 4
- Helpdesk as a Service
- IT Outsourcing (ITO)
- Cloud Migration
- Application Management (ERP, CRM)
AI-enabled AI
- Application Optimization
- Robotic Process Automation
- Data Lakehouse
- Load-Balancing Predictive Analytics
- LLM as a Service
What changes
What you actually get out of it
Not a platform choice. A set of decisions with the reasoning attached, and someone accountable for them at renewal.
- A per-workload placement decision with the numbers written down beside it.
- Licence spend reconciled against what is genuinely deployed.
- A recovery objective that has been tested, not just contracted.
- A managed-service agreement with response times you can hold someone to.
Cloud & infrastructure review4–6 weeks
01Workload, dependency & licence inventoryDiscovery
02Run-cost model incl. egress and staff timeDiscovery
03Placement recommendation per workloadDesign
04Market pricing across platforms and MSPsSource
05Migration plan, runbook and rollbackDesign
06Implementation oversight and handoverManage
Fee agreed up frontRequest scoping
Adjacent practices
Where Cloud & Managed Services usually connects
A finding in one practice commonly implicates another. These are the three most often opened alongside this work.
22 services
NETAdvanced Networking
SASE, SD-WAN and the circuits underneath, designed for the sites you have, priced against the whole carrier market.
Explore25 services
SECCybersecurity
Layered defense on the NIST framework: identify, protect, detect, respond, with compliance evidence you can hand to an auditor.
Explore15 services
ADVAdvisory & Lifecycle
The work around the technology: strategy, sourcing, the people to run it, and responsible disposal at end of life.
ExploreNext step
This practice begins with an assessment.
Scope, duration and deliverables are agreed in writing before it starts. Ask for the scope document and we will send it.