03 — Cloud Solutions · Cloud engineering

Cloud consulting helps you make the big decisions before money is committed: whether to move, what to move, which platform to use, how to organize teams and what it will cost. We give independent, practical advice grounded in your systems, skills and business goals.

What this solves

The problems Cloud Consulting solves.

Cloud strategy, readiness assessments, platform choices and business cases.

  1. 01

    Leadership wants a cloud plan but the options are confusing.

  2. 02

    Previous cloud projects ran over budget or stalled.

  3. 03

    It's unclear which applications are worth moving.

  4. 04

    Teams lack the skills and structure to run cloud platforms.

Capabilities

What Cloud Consulting covers.

How it works

What a cloud assessment produces.

Consulting work is only useful if it ends in decisions. Ours ends with a written recommendation, the reasoning behind it and a costed plan.

  1. 01

    Current state

    Inventory of applications, infrastructure, dependencies, contracts, skills and spend — what you actually run, not what the diagram says.

  2. 02

    Drivers and constraints

    Why you're considering change: cost, resilience, data centre exit, compliance, speed of delivery.

  3. 03

    Options

    Two or three realistic routes, compared on cost, risk, time and the skills each needs.

  4. 04

    Recommendation

    The route we'd take and why, including what we'd leave alone.

  5. 05

    Roadmap

    Phases, milestones, owners and a first ninety days that delivers something visible.

What you receive

Clear, owned outputs.

  • A readiness assessment report
  • Platform comparison and recommendation
  • A business case with assumptions stated
  • A phased cloud roadmap
  • Operating model and skills plan

Business benefits

Why it's worth it.

  • Confident decisions

    Choices are based on evidence and clear trade-offs.

  • Fewer expensive surprises

    Risks and costs are understood before work starts.

  • Aligned teams

    Business and technology agree on the plan.

Where it fits

When Cloud Consulting is the right move.

  1. 01A data-centre contract nearing renewal.
  2. 02A leadership team asking for a cloud strategy.
  3. 03A stalled cloud programme that needs a reset.

Technologies & platforms

  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Cloud adoption frameworks
  • FinOps practices

Methodology

How Cloud Consulting work runs.

  1. 01

    Assess

    Current state, risks, constraints and goals reviewed with your team.

  2. 02

    Design

    Target state, options and trade-offs written down and agreed.

  3. 03

    Build

    Changes delivered as code, peer-reviewed and tested.

  4. 04

    Release

    Changes rolled out safely with monitoring and rollback ready.

  5. 05

    Hand over

    Documentation, runbooks and knowledge transfer to your team.

FAQ

Cloud Consulting questions.

Do you recommend a particular cloud provider?

We recommend whichever platform fits your workloads, skills, contracts and goals. Sometimes that means staying where you are or using more than one.

Is cloud always cheaper?

No. Cloud can reduce costs, but it can also increase them without good design and controls. The business case shows where savings are realistic.

Can you also deliver the plan?

Yes. Our engineers can carry out migration and build work, or support your team in doing it.

Cloud Solutions

Talk to us about cloud consulting.

Describe the environment and what needs to change. We'll reply with the questions we would answer first and a sensible first step.