Cloud Managed Services

Cloud managed services provide comprehensive ongoing management of your cloud infrastructure including monitoring, security, cost optimization, performance tuning, backup management, and strategic guidance. This differs significantly from cloud provider support, which addresses platform issues and account problems but doesn't manage your specific infrastructure, optimize your spending, or improve your architecture. Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) operate the underlying platform:servers, networks, data centers. Cloud managed services manage your resources running on those platforms:virtual machines, databases, storage, applications, security configurations, and cost optimization. Think of it as cloud provider operates the highway, managed services drives your car. Services include 24/7 infrastructure monitoring, security configuration and monitoring, cost analysis and optimization, backup and disaster recovery management, performance optimization, compliance management, and architectural guidance. Most organizations need both: cloud provider operates platform, managed services ensures your specific infrastructure runs optimally.

Cloud managed services typically reduce cloud spending 20-40% through optimization while maintaining or improving performance. Common cost reductions include: rightsizing oversized resources (15-30% savings), eliminating unused resources and orphaned volumes (5-15% savings), implementing reserved instances for predictable workloads (30-50% savings on those resources), using spot instances for appropriate workloads (50-90% savings on those resources), optimizing storage tiers and lifecycle policies (20-40% storage savings), and implementing auto-scaling preventing over-provisioning (10-25% savings). For organization spending $10,000 monthly on cloud, managed services costing $2,000-3,000 monthly typically saves $2,000-4,000 monthly through optimization:delivering net positive ROI before considering performance improvements, security enhancements, and staff time savings. Savings vary by current optimization level:organizations with unmanaged cloud typically see higher savings, while well-managed environments see incremental improvements.

We manage existing cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud:most clients engage us to optimize and manage their current environments rather than starting fresh. Process begins with comprehensive assessment: infrastructure inventory, security review, cost analysis, performance evaluation, and architecture assessment. We identify immediate optimization opportunities (cost savings, security gaps, performance improvements) and develop prioritized remediation plan. Management transition typically takes 2-4 weeks: gaining access and visibility, implementing monitoring, identifying quick wins, and establishing ongoing management processes. We work with your existing infrastructure, applications, and configurations:improving operations without disruptive migrations or redesigns. However, we may recommend architectural changes over time: modernization opportunities, security improvements, cost optimization possibilities, or performance enhancements. Our approach balances immediate operational improvements with strategic evolution toward optimized cloud architecture.

Cloud managed services excel in multi-cloud and hybrid environments, providing unified management across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and on-premises infrastructure. Multi-cloud management includes: unified monitoring across all platforms, consolidated cost tracking and optimization, consistent security policies and controls, centralized backup and disaster recovery, and integrated compliance management. We implement cloud management platforms providing single-pane-of-glass visibility across environments. Hybrid cloud management extends to on-premises infrastructure: monitoring connectivity between cloud and on-premises, managing hybrid applications spanning both environments, coordinating backup across locations, and ensuring security consistency. Many organizations adopt multi-cloud strategies for redundancy, best-of-breed services, or avoiding vendor lock-in. Our multi-cloud expertise ensures you leverage each platform's strengths while maintaining operational consistency. We also guide cloud strategy decisions: which workloads belong where, when multi-cloud adds value, and how to avoid unnecessary complexity.

Our 24/7 monitoring detects cloud issues immediately:often before they impact users:triggering automated alerting and incident response. Response process includes: immediate issue detection through monitoring, automated notification to on-call engineer, rapid assessment determining scope and impact, and coordinated resolution leveraging cloud platform expertise. For cloud provider outages affecting underlying platform, we monitor provider status, assess impact on your specific resources, implement workarounds when possible, and communicate status to your team. For issues with your specific infrastructure, we diagnose problems, implement fixes, and prevent recurrence through root cause analysis. Our monitoring typically detects performance degradation 10-30 minutes before users notice, enabling proactive resolution. We also implement architectural resilience: multi-availability-zone deployments preventing single datacenter failures, auto-scaling handling traffic spikes, and automated failover for critical services. Post-incident, we conduct reviews identifying improvements preventing similar issues. Our goal is minimizing downtime through early detection, rapid response, and resilient architecture.