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Capability 06 · Cloud Foundations

Infrastructure that is repeatable, observable and calm to operate.

We design cloud environments as code, automate the path from commit to production and make system health visible — so releases become routine events rather than risky ones.

Business purpose

Make environments predictable and recoverable, keep infrastructure costs understandable and remove manual steps from releases.

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Operational problems addressed

Signs this capability is needed.

  1. P1Servers were configured by hand and nobody is sure how to rebuild them
  2. P2Deployments require a specific person and an evening of downtime
  3. P3Problems are reported by customers before the team notices them
  4. P4Cloud spending grows without a clear view of what drives it
  5. P5Development, test and production environments behave differently

What this includes

Inside Cloud Foundations.

01Cloud architecture
Environment design on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud matched to workload and budget.
02Infrastructure as code
Version-controlled definitions so environments can be reviewed, reproduced and rolled back.
03Delivery pipelines
Automated build, test and deployment with approval steps where needed.
04Observability
Logging, metrics, tracing and alerting tied to meaningful service health.
05Migration planning
Phased moves from on-premise or legacy hosting with rehearsed cut-overs.

Deliverables

  • Target architecture and environment diagrams
  • Infrastructure-as-code repository
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Monitoring dashboards and alert rules
  • Runbooks and recovery procedures
  • Cost visibility report

Engagement and delivery

How this work is usually structured.

Engagement options

Delivery approach

  1. 01 · Understand

    We inventory what is running today, how it is deployed and what it costs before proposing change.

  2. 05 · Introduce

    Migrations are rehearsed in a production-like environment with a written rollback plan.

  3. 06 · Improve

    Alerts are tuned after go-live so the team responds to real signals rather than noise.

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Technologies

Tools we commonly use.

Choices are made for each project, based on your existing estate, team skills and long-term maintenance — not on a fixed stack.
AWS, Azure or Google CloudTerraform or OpenTofuDocker and Kubernetes where justifiedGitHub Actions or GitLab CIOpenTelemetry, Grafana or Datadog

Related scenario

What this can look like in practice.

Representative solution scenario · S3

Modernizing a fragile digital platform

Modernization

Starting situation

A customer-facing platform built several years ago runs on manually configured servers. Releases are infrequent and nervous; outages are noticed by customers first.

Operational friction

  • Deployments need a specific person and planned downtime
  • Little automated testing, so changes cause regressions
  • No clear view of performance or errors
  • Outdated dependencies with known vulnerabilities

Proposed system

A phased modernization: stabilize with tests and monitoring, move infrastructure to code, automate delivery, then refactor the riskiest parts of the application module by module.

Architecture outline

Experiences

Existing interface retained during transition · Performance improvements on key journeys

Operations

Application modules refactored incrementally · Documented APIs

Intelligence

Error and performance analytics

Foundations

Infrastructure as code · Automated CI/CD · Managed database and backups

Assurance

Automated regression tests · Dependency scanning · Alerting and runbooks

Technologies that may be used

TerraformGitHub Actions or GitLab CIContainers or managed app servicesPlaywrightOpenTelemetry with Grafana or Datadog

Expected categories of improvement

  • Routine, lower-risk releases
  • Problems detected before customers report them
  • Reduced security exposure
  • A codebase that is easier to change
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Related capabilities

Often combined with.

Frequently asked questions

Questions about Cloud Foundations.

Only where the workload justifies its operational overhead. Managed container services or serverless platforms are often simpler and entirely sufficient.

Yes. We work in client-owned accounts with access granted for the engagement, so ownership and billing remain with you.

It often reveals savings, but we do not promise a figure in advance. The engagement makes costs visible and identifies specific changes, each with its expected effect.

CONSULTATION

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Share what you are planning or struggling with. We will respond with questions, an initial view and a suggested next step.

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