How do I know if my business is ready to move to the cloud?+
Most businesses are ready to benefit from cloud migration if they experience any of: unpredictable infrastructure costs that scale with hardware refresh cycles rather than business value, difficulty scaling infrastructure to meet demand peaks, engineering team time consumed by server management rather than product development, security or compliance gaps in on-premises infrastructure, disaster recovery or business continuity gaps, or geographic expansion requirements that on-premises infrastructure cannot serve cost-effectively. The more of these factors apply, the stronger the migration case. We conduct cloud readiness assessments that map the specific migration opportunities and their expected business impact before any commitment is made.
How much can cloud migration reduce my infrastructure costs?+
Cost outcomes vary significantly based on the current infrastructure model and the cloud architecture design. Organisations migrating from dedicated on-premises servers typically see total infrastructure cost reductions of 30-60% when the migration includes right-sizing, managed services adoption, and Reserved Instance commitments. Organisations already on cloud infrastructure but without FinOps practices in place typically see 20-40% cost reductions from right-sizing, waste elimination, and commitment optimisation without any architectural changes. We model expected cost outcomes as part of the migration assessment before any commitment is made.
What is the difference between cloud migration and cloud-native development?+
Cloud migration moves existing applications and data from on-premises or legacy hosting to cloud infrastructure. Cloud-native development is building new applications specifically designed to run on cloud infrastructure — using managed services, containerisation, serverless computing, and the architectural patterns that produce cloud economics rather than mapping legacy patterns onto cloud platforms. Many organisations do both: migrating existing workloads as part of modernisation programmes while building new products on cloud-native architecture from the start.
How long does a cloud migration take?+
Migration timelines depend on the portfolio size and complexity. A single application migration (one web application, its database, and its storage) typically takes 4-8 weeks. A portfolio migration (10-30 applications across a business) typically takes 3-9 months depending on the complexity of interdependencies and the degree of re-architecture required. Large enterprise portfolio migrations (100+ applications) typically take 12-36 months, delivered in waves rather than simultaneously. We design migration plans that prioritise delivering value early — moving the highest-impact, lowest-risk workloads first to demonstrate ROI while more complex migrations are in progress.
Which cloud provider should I use — AWS, GCP, or Azure?+
The right choice depends on specific factors. AWS is the most versatile choice for most workloads — the broadest service catalogue, the largest ecosystem, and the largest talent market. GCP is the strongest choice for data and analytics workloads (BigQuery's serverless analytics is genuinely category-leading) and for Kubernetes-heavy deployments (GKE's maturity reflects Google's 15-year Kubernetes operating experience). Azure is the strongest choice for organisations with significant Microsoft ecosystem dependencies (Active Directory, Microsoft 365, .NET/C# development teams, existing Microsoft enterprise agreements). For most new workloads without strong existing vendor relationships, we recommend AWS as the starting point.
What is FinOps and why does my business need it?+
FinOps is the practice of bringing financial accountability to cloud spending — making cloud costs visible, attributable to the teams and products that incur them, and continuously optimised through the collaboration of engineering, finance, and business stakeholders. Without FinOps, cloud bills grow unpredictably as resources are provisioned without accountability and never decommissioned. With FinOps, cloud costs are tied to business outcomes — each pound or dollar of cloud spending is justified by the value it produces, waste is systematically identified and eliminated, and committed spend discounts are maximised for predictable workloads.
Do you provide ongoing cloud management after migration?+
Yes — we offer ongoing cloud management retainers that cover: security patching and compliance monitoring, cost optimisation (monthly FinOps reviews, reserved instance management, right-sizing), capacity planning and scaling management, incident response, and continuous architecture improvement. Cloud management retainers are appropriate for organisations that want cloud expertise on-demand without the cost of a full-time internal cloud team.
How do you ensure cloud security during and after migration?+
Cloud security is addressed at the architecture level from the first design decision, not added as a layer after deployment. Our standard security implementation: VPC network isolation with least-privilege security group rules, IAM with principle of least privilege (no overly-permissive IAM policies), encryption at rest and in transit for all data stores, security monitoring via cloud-native services (AWS GuardDuty, Azure Sentinel, GCP Security Command Centre), vulnerability scanning for container images in the CI/CD pipeline, and the infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform) that make security configuration version-controlled and auditable.
