AWS Cloud Solutions
Architecture, build and optimisation on Amazon Web Services, from a single workload to a multi-account landing zone.
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Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Strategy
An honest assessment of whether you need more than one cloud — and a workable plan if you do.
Overview
Multi-cloud is frequently an outcome rather than a decision: an acquisition, a team preference, a single SaaS dependency. That is fine, but it should be deliberate. Every additional platform multiplies the identity models, networking, monitoring and skills your team must maintain.
We assess what you are running, what genuinely has to stay where it is, and what a defensible target state looks like. Sometimes the recommendation is consolidation. Sometimes hybrid is the right long-term answer because of data sovereignty, latency or an application nobody is going to rewrite.
What you get
A decision, not a drift
Clear reasoning for why each workload sits where it does, written down and revisitable.
Sovereignty addressed
Data residency and Privacy Act obligations mapped against where your data physically lives.
Unified operations
Consistent identity, logging and deployment patterns across platforms, so the team learns one way of working.
Exit routes understood
Realistic assessment of what it would take to move each workload, before you are forced to find out.
How we work
- 01
Inventory
Every workload, its dependencies, data classification and current hosting are catalogued.
- 02
Evaluate
Each is tested against cost, latency, compliance, resilience and the skills available to you.
- 03
Recommend
A target state with a staged sequence, including what to leave exactly as it is.
- 04
Execute
We deliver the moves, or support your team while they do, at whatever pace suits the business.
Common questions
Is multi-cloud more resilient?
Rarely, in practice. True cross-cloud failover is expensive and hard to test. A well-designed multi-region setup on one provider usually delivers more resilience for less money.
We must keep some systems on-premises. Is that a problem?
Not at all. Hybrid is normal in New Zealand. The work is making the boundary between environments clean and well monitored.
Will you recommend a provider you resell?
We do not resell cloud. Our recommendation is not tied to a margin on your consumption.
Often paired with
Azure Cloud Solutions
Azure design and delivery for organisations already living in the Microsoft ecosystem.
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Exiting a data centre or colocation facility on a deadline, with dependencies mapped and cutovers rehearsed.
Read moreReady to talk about multi-cloud & hybrid cloud strategy?
We will tell you what we would do, roughly what it costs, and whether it is worth doing yet.