Cloud & Infrastructure Services
Transform your IT infrastructure with scalable cloud solutions. We help nonprofits and SMBs migrate, manage, and optimize their cloud environments for maximum efficiency and cost savings.
Multi-Cloud Environment
What Are Cloud Infrastructure Services?
Cloud infrastructure services provide managed hosting, storage, computing, and networking resources delivered over the internet. Organizations can scale resources on-demand, pay only for what they use, and eliminate the need for physical servers and data centers. Most businesses save 30-50% on IT infrastructure costs while gaining improved reliability and disaster recovery capabilities.
Complete Cloud Infrastructure Management
From strategic planning to daily operations, we handle every aspect of your cloud infrastructure so you can focus on your mission.
Cloud Migration Planning
Strategic migration roadmaps that minimize downtime and maximize ROI
Multi-Cloud Management
Optimize workloads across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and hybrid environments
Backup & Disaster Recovery
99.9% uptime guarantee with automated backup and rapid recovery solutions
Infrastructure Optimization
AI-powered monitoring and optimization to reduce costs by 30-50%
Why Organizations Choose Our Cloud Services
Our AI-powered cloud management delivers measurable results for mission-driven organizations. Here's what you can expect:
Average Client Results
How to Migrate Your Business to the Cloud
A comprehensive step-by-step guide to successfully migrating your organization's infrastructure and applications to the cloud with minimal disruption and maximum ROI.
Assess Your Current Infrastructure and Applications
Begin by creating a comprehensive inventory of your current IT infrastructure including all servers, applications, databases, storage systems, network configurations, and dependencies between systems. Document application performance metrics, storage requirements, network bandwidth usage, and user access patterns. Identify which applications are business-critical versus nice-to-have, and determine their interdependencies. Evaluate each application's cloud readiness - some legacy applications may require refactoring or replacement before migration. Interview key stakeholders to understand business requirements, compliance constraints, and performance expectations. Calculate current IT costs including hardware, software licenses, maintenance contracts, power, cooling, and staff time. This assessment typically takes 2-4 weeks for small to medium businesses and provides the foundation for your migration strategy. Document findings in a clear inventory that will guide all subsequent decisions.
Choose the Right Cloud Platform and Service Model
Evaluate the three major cloud platforms - Microsoft Azure, AWS (Amazon Web Services), and Google Cloud Platform - based on your specific needs rather than popularity. Consider factors including existing technology investments (Microsoft 365 integration favors Azure), compliance certifications required (HIPAA, FedRAMP), geographic data residency requirements, pricing models, and technical capabilities. Determine whether you need Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Software as a Service (SaaS) for each workload. IaaS provides maximum control but requires more management, while PaaS and SaaS reduce operational overhead. Consider hybrid cloud approaches that keep sensitive data on-premises while leveraging cloud for scalability and disaster recovery. Engage with potential cloud service providers to review your requirements and obtain detailed proposals. Many organizations benefit from working with a cloud migration partner who provides vendor-agnostic guidance and implementation support.
Develop Your Migration Strategy and Project Plan
Choose a migration approach based on your applications and business constraints. The 'lift-and-shift' approach (rehosting) moves applications to the cloud with minimal changes, offering fast migration but limited cloud optimization. The 'refactor' approach modernizes applications to leverage cloud-native features, requiring more time but delivering better performance and cost efficiency. The 'replace' approach swaps legacy applications with SaaS alternatives. Create a phased migration plan starting with non-critical applications to build experience and confidence before migrating production systems. Define success criteria including performance metrics, downtime limits, budget constraints, and timeline milestones. Establish governance including project leadership, decision-making authority, communication plans, and risk management procedures. Plan for 8-16 weeks for a typical SMB migration depending on complexity. Budget adequate resources for testing, training, and potential issues that arise during migration.
Calculate Costs, ROI, and Budget Appropriately
Develop a detailed cost model comparing current on-premises costs to projected cloud expenses over 3-5 years. Include cloud compute, storage, data transfer, backup, security services, and support costs. Factor in cost optimization opportunities like reserved instances (offering 40-60% savings for predictable workloads), auto-scaling, and right-sizing resources to match actual needs. Calculate one-time migration costs including consulting fees, new software licenses, data transfer, testing, training, and potential application refactoring. Project cost savings from eliminating hardware refresh cycles, reducing data center space, and improving staff efficiency. Calculate return on investment (ROI) including both hard savings (reduced costs) and soft benefits (improved agility, faster time to market, better disaster recovery). Most organizations achieve ROI within 12-24 months. Budget a 20% contingency for unexpected issues. Request detailed proposals from cloud providers and implementation partners to validate your estimates.
Prepare Your Data and Applications for Migration
Clean up your data and applications before migration to avoid moving unnecessary baggage to the cloud. Archive or delete obsolete data, consolidate duplicate files, and organize data logically. Update applications to current versions and apply all security patches. Document application configurations, integrations, and customizations. Create detailed application dependency maps showing how systems interact. Establish security baselines including access controls, encryption requirements, network segmentation, and compliance controls that must be maintained during and after migration. Configure cloud security including identity and access management (IAM), network security groups, encryption at rest and in transit, and logging/monitoring. Set up disaster recovery and backup procedures in the cloud environment before migrating production data. Test authentication and authorization to ensure users can access cloud systems. This preparation phase typically requires 2-4 weeks and prevents many migration issues from occurring.
Execute Pilot Migration with Non-Critical Systems
Begin migration with low-risk, non-critical applications to validate your migration process and identify issues before tackling business-critical systems. Choose pilot applications that represent different migration patterns you'll encounter (database-backed applications, file servers, web applications). Document the migration process step-by-step including data transfer methods, configuration changes, testing procedures, and rollback plans. Measure migration time, downtime experienced, and any issues encountered. Test application functionality thoroughly in the cloud environment including performance, integrations, user access, backup/recovery, and security controls. Gather feedback from pilot users about application performance and any issues. Refine your migration procedures based on lessons learned. Calculate actual costs versus estimates. Complete pilot migrations during low-usage periods to minimize impact. Plan 2-4 weeks for pilot phase including testing and refinement. This investment pays dividends by preventing problems during production migrations.
Migrate Production Workloads with Minimal Downtime
Execute production migrations using proven procedures developed during pilot phase. Schedule migrations during maintenance windows, typically evenings or weekends, to minimize business impact. Communicate migration schedules to all stakeholders at least 2 weeks in advance. Use migration tools provided by cloud vendors to automate data transfer and reduce errors. For databases, consider using replication to keep on-premises and cloud databases synchronized during migration, allowing near-zero downtime cutover. Implement a phased cutover approach moving user groups gradually rather than all at once. Maintain parallel operations briefly to allow rollback if critical issues arise. Monitor application performance closely during the first 72 hours post-migration. Keep on-premises systems running but in read-only mode for 1-2 weeks as a safety net. Document actual downtime, issues encountered, and resolutions. Plan 6-12 weeks for migrating all production workloads depending on number and complexity of applications.
Optimize and Monitor Cloud Performance
After migration, focus on optimizing your cloud environment for cost and performance. Right-size virtual machines by analyzing actual resource utilization and adjusting compute and storage allocations to match real needs, typically reducing costs by 20-40%. Implement auto-scaling to automatically adjust resources based on demand, scaling up during peak periods and down during low usage. Purchase reserved instances or savings plans for predictable workloads to reduce costs by 40-60% compared to on-demand pricing. Enable cloud-native monitoring and alerting to track application performance, security threats, and cost anomalies. Implement governance policies to prevent resource sprawl and unauthorized spending. Conduct monthly cost reviews to identify optimization opportunities. Establish performance baselines and track key metrics including application response times, system availability, security incidents, and user satisfaction. Schedule quarterly reviews to assess whether the cloud environment continues meeting business needs and identify opportunities for further optimization. Plan for continuous improvement as your team gains cloud expertise.
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