Systems consultancy

Systems and IT infrastructure consultancy.

We assess infrastructure, its dependencies and operational requirements. Recommendations for modernisation and improvement are based on a technical analysis of your environment.

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In Kloudeal we provide a systems consultancy service to analyse, optimise and modernise your IT infrastructure, covering on-premises environments and cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud.

Our objective is to help you make better technical decisions: what to retain, modernise, migrate, protect or automate, and which costs to review so that your systems meet actual business needs.

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We assess on-premises, cloud and hybrid infrastructure to identify capacity, operational and continuity requirements. The work concludes with technical recommendations and a sequence of actions agreed with your team.

On-premises infrastructure

Cloud and multicloud

Hybrid model

What our systems consultancy service includes

  • Current infrastructure analysis: review of servers, networking, storage, virtualisation, cloud, users, applications and dependencies.
  • Technical risk assessment: identification of single points of failure, obsolete systems, weak configurations and missing documentation.
  • Performance optimisation: review of workloads, resources, sizing, latency, availability and bottlenecks.
  • Security and compliance: analysis of access, privileges, backups, policies, external exposure and recommended baseline controls.
  • Cloud readiness: assessment of which systems can be migrated, modernised, retained or retired.
  • Cost optimisation: review of underused resources, licences, cloud consumption, storage, backups and duplicated services.
  • Action plan: a prioritised roadmap of technical improvements, estimated impact, dependencies and recommended implementation order.

We follow a structured process to produce recommendations that relate directly to your environment. We analyse the infrastructure, prioritise risks and deliver a plan with practical actions. Each recommendation is placed in the context of the systems it affects and the work required to implement it. This helps the business compare priorities and decide the sequence of changes with its technical team.

1. Discovery

We gather information about infrastructure, users, services, cloud platforms, applications, security, licences and critical processes.

2. Diagnosis

We identify risks, gaps, excess costs, dependencies, opportunities for improvement and potential technical obstacles.

3. Roadmap

We define a prioritised roadmap of recommended actions, phases, impact, effort and dependencies.

4. Implementation support

We can help with technical implementation, validation, documentation, support and follow-up on the improvements introduced.

5. Governance

We review how to keep the environment under control: roles, permissions, costs, backups, monitoring, security and lifecycle management.

6. Continuous improvement

Infrastructure changes over time. We therefore recommend periodic reviews to adjust capacity, security, costs and priorities.

Areas of work

Infrastructure and servers

  • Review of physical and virtual servers.
  • Resource and performance optimisation.
  • Assessment of obsolete or unsupported systems.
  • Review of storage, capacity and growth.
  • Documentation of dependencies between applications and services.

Virtualisation and platform

  • Analysis of VMware, Hyper-V or other platform environments.
  • Review of clusters, high availability and resources.
  • Assessment of consolidation, renewal or migration options.
  • Review of backups and recovery following a failure.

Networking, connectivity and access

  • Review of networks, segmentation and connectivity.
  • VPN, remote access and hybrid scenarios.
  • Cloud connectivity and critical dependencies.
  • Perimeter security and Zero Trust recommendations.

Cloud and hybrid architecture

  • Consultancy on Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud.
  • Assessment of workloads suitable for migration or modernisation.
  • Landing zone design and cloud governance.
  • Review of security, roles, networks, costs and monitoring.
  • Optimisation of cloud services already deployed.

Security and continuity

  • Review of administrative access.
  • Backups and recovery.
  • High availability and business continuity.
  • Monitoring and alerts.
  • Review of external exposure and sensitive configurations.

Operations and costs

  • Review of licences and contracted services.
  • Identification of underused resources.
  • Automation recommendations.
  • Improvement of support and operational processes.
  • Technical and executive reporting.

We use established cloud architecture practices to help businesses build environments with better security, efficiency and governance. Each recommendation reflects the client’s circumstances: size, budget, technical team, application criticality and compliance requirements.

Microsoft Azure

Landing zones, networking, identity, security, governance, Azure Policy, backups, monitoring, Azure Migrate and cost optimisation.

Cloud Adoption Framework

AWS

Review of architecture, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimisation, operations and sustainability.

AWS Well-Architected

Google Cloud

Architecture, security, reliability, operations, performance, cost, governance and good practice for cloud workloads.

Google Cloud Well-Architected

Oracle Cloud

Review of architecture, resilience, security, operations, performance and good practice for OCI environments.

OCI Well-Architected

Consultancy deliverables

Depending on the contracted scope, consultancy can include technical documentation, executive findings and a prioritised action plan.

  • Current state report: an overview of infrastructure, cloud, security, operations and the main risks.
  • Dependency map: relationships between systems, users, applications, services and platforms.
  • Risk register: potential issues classified by criticality, impact and urgency.
  • Technical recommendations: proposed actions to improve security, performance, availability and costs.
  • Phased roadmap: an ordered implementation plan with priorities and dependencies.
  • Executive overview: a clear explanation for management, focusing on impact, risks and the decisions required.

Before a migration

If you plan to migrate to Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud or another platform, you need to understand dependencies, risks, costs and the readiness of your environment.

When problems keep recurring

Outages, slow performance, access errors, insufficient capacity, backup incidents or poorly documented services often indicate that a review is needed.

When costs are unclear

Duplicate licences, oversized cloud resources or services without an owner can create unnecessary expenditure.

When security needs attention

Excessive user permissions, missing MFA, unvalidated backups or external exposure require a prioritised technical review.

When the business grows

Growth requires a review of scalability, governance, support, automation, licences, architecture and continuity.

When you need a second opinion

We can review an architecture, proposal, migration or technical design to help you make a decision with a fuller understanding of the context.

Why choose Kloudeal for systems consultancy

  • A complete view: we review infrastructure, cloud, security, costs, users, applications and operations together, considering the relationships between them.
  • Practical approach: we deliver applicable, prioritised recommendations suited to the actual size of your business.
  • Microsoft and cloud experience: we work with Microsoft 365, Azure, identity, security, Intune, Defender, SharePoint, servers and hybrid scenarios.
  • Independent technical assessment: we assess what should be retained, improved, migrated or retired according to your circumstances and requirements.
  • Business relevance: we explain technical risks in terms of operational, financial and security impact.
  • Ongoing assistance: we can help implement improvements, document changes and support your team.

Common consultancy objectives

  • Reduce technical risks.
  • Improve security.
  • Optimise cloud costs and licences.
  • Prepare migrations.
  • Improve performance and availability.
  • Organise documentation and operations.
  • Define a technology roadmap.

It is a technical analysis of a business’s IT infrastructure, assessing its current state, risks, performance, security, costs, dependencies and opportunities for improvement. It can cover on-premises systems, cloud, networks, servers, identities, backups, security and operations.

No. It is also useful for smaller businesses that need to organise their infrastructure, review costs, prepare a migration, improve security or make technical decisions before investing.

Yes. We can review Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud or other hybrid environments to identify risks, excess costs, configurations that could be improved and opportunities for optimisation.

It depends on the scope. We can deliver a diagnosis and roadmap alone, or also assist with improvements, migrations, configuration, documentation and subsequent support.

We normally need to understand the size of the business, user numbers, servers, cloud platforms, critical applications, current problems, objectives and the technical access required for the analysis.

Yes. Much of the consultancy can be delivered remotely through meetings, document reviews, controlled administrative access and technical sessions with the client’s team.

Yes, where it is included in the scope. We can deliver a current state report, risks, recommendations, implementation roadmap, technical inventory and executive overview.

Yes. This is a particularly useful time for consultancy. We review which workloads should be migrated, modernised, retained or retired and which security, connectivity and cost requirements need to be considered.

Recommended official documentation

For architecture, cloud and modernisation projects, we refer to the main vendors’ established practices and adapt them to each business’s circumstances.

Discuss your project with Kloudeal

IT infrastructure should support the business and its day-to-day work. At Kloudeal we help review your environment, identify risks, optimise costs and define a clear technology roadmap.

Let us discuss your systems, current challenges and the improvements that could provide the most value to your business.

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