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Infrastructure2025-07-01Cloud, AWS, Azure

Cloud computing: foundation of modern infrastructure

A practical framework for selecting, designing, and operating an elastic and secure cloud architecture with strategies for cost and resilience.

Focus keyword

Cloud architecture design

The entire narrative is aligned with this phrase to match search intent.

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Cloud migration roadmapCloud security best practicesAWS cost managementDesigning microservices architecture
Cost savings

30% average reduction with FinOps discipline

Resilience

99.95% availability through multi-region design

Provisioning speed

New environments spin up in minutes using infrastructure-as-code

Expansive cloud landscape illustrating scalable digital resources
A real-world digital transformation scenario
Initiative performance dashboard

Measurable indicators that tell the progress story

These metrics track the impact of the initiative across the digital lifecycle, directly tied to business goals and growth priorities.

45%Deployment frequency increase

Organisations using infrastructure-as-code ship nearly twice as often.

60%Incident reduction

Achieved when observability and automation cover the entire stack.

25%Energy footprint reduction

Migrating to sustainable cloud regions lowers emissions while cutting costs.

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Executive summary

Evaluate legacy systems, data sensitivity, compliance requirements, and integration dependencies to segment workloads into rehost, replatfor...

Cloud readiness assessment

Evaluate legacy systems, data sensitivity, compliance requirements, and integration dependencies to segment workloads into rehost, replatform, or refactor tracks.

Build a migration backlog with business value scoring so quick wins launch first and critical systems receive specialised treatment.

Catalogue applications and map dependencies
Score workloads by complexity and business impact
Plan landing zones aligned with regulatory needs
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Executive summary

Adopt modular microservices, event-driven integrations, and infrastructure-as-code to unlock agility and consistency.

Architecture patterns

Adopt modular microservices, event-driven integrations, and infrastructure-as-code to unlock agility and consistency.

Pair container orchestration with service meshes to manage communication, observability, and security between services.

Resilience by design

Use active-active deployments and automated failover for mission-critical workloads.

Data gravity

Keep analytics close to data sources to minimise latency and egress costs.

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Executive summary

Embed identity-centric access, encryption, and continuous threat detection into every layer of the stack.

Security and compliance

Embed identity-centric access, encryption, and continuous threat detection into every layer of the stack.

Automate compliance evidence with policy-as-code so audits become proactive instead of reactive.

Implement least-privilege IAM roles
Encrypt data in transit and at rest
Enable security incident and event management
Adopt container image scanning and runtime protection
Document shared responsibility models with vendors
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Executive summary

Create cost allocation models tied to business units, set guardrails with budgets and alerts, and forecast demand based on product roadmaps.

FinOps and optimisation

Create cost allocation models tied to business units, set guardrails with budgets and alerts, and forecast demand based on product roadmaps.

Continuously right-size infrastructure, leverage spot and reserved instances, and negotiate committed use discounts.

Publish monthly cost transparency reports
Gamify savings targets with engineering teams
Integrate cost insights into deployment pipelines

Additional resources

Practical next steps to continue learning and implementation.

Cloud migration factoryExecute migrations with landing zones, automation, and compliance baked in.
DevOps enablementBuild CI/CD pipelines, observability, and SRE practices tailored to your teams.
FinOps advisoryEstablish governance, tooling, and rituals that keep cloud investments efficient.

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