TransformReadiness · TCO · FinOps · Migration roadmap

Cloud strategy you can defend in cost review.

We help organisations understand cloud readiness, model total cost, plan migration waves, and put FinOps into the operating model from the start.

As an AWS Premier Partner, we stay objective on architecture. If a workload is better suited outside AWS or outside cloud, we make that clear.

When this is needed

Three signals that this is the right next step.

01 / Rising spend Cloud bills keep increasing without a clear owner or explanation. Teams can see the invoice, but cannot map cost clearly to workload, product, team, or business value.
02 / Migration without structure A cloud migration is planned, but the risk path is not defined. Workloads, dependencies, architecture choices, and wave sequence need to be assessed before migration starts.
03 / Board needs the numbers The business case needs to survive finance review. The CTO needs a TCO model that includes licences, maintenance, downtime, migration effort, and operating cost.
Migration wave plan

Assess. Wave. Optimise. Operate.

The wave plan is shaped by your dependency map, risk tolerance, operating cycle, and team capacity. Cost control is built into the migration path, not added later.

01 / ASSESS

Readiness & TCO

Know what you have before you move. Inventory, dependency map, risk score, and full-cost model.

02 / WAVE 1

Low-risk workloads

Validate the method before core systems move. Start with workloads that prove the process without creating unnecessary business risk.

03 / WAVE 2

Core systems

Move critical workloads after the path is proven. Core systems migrate with lessons, controls, and operating rhythm already in place.

04 / OPTIMISE

FinOps rhythm

Control cost continuously. Tagging, alerts, rightsizing, RI strategy, and anomaly detection become part of operations.

05 / OPERATE

Run model

Choose the right long-term ownership model. Operate internally or keep ICS involved through managed cloud and FinOps support.

RUNNING THROUGHOUT

FinOps governance · cost tagging · budget alerts · reserved instance strategy · spend anomaly detection

AssessWorkload inventory, dependency map, migration risk score, and TCO model with hidden costs included.
Wave 1Non-critical workloads validate the method and the team’s ability to operate the new environment.
Wave 2 & optimiseCore systems move after the method is proven. FinOps controls are active from cutover.
OperateHandover to your team or ICS Managed Cloud & AI Operations, based on capacity and operating needs.
Engineering principles

The cloud strategy filter. Built for defensible cost, not drift.

We merge readiness, architecture, migration, and FinOps decisions into one operating model so every cloud move has a cost baseline, a risk path, and an owner.

01 / BaselineAssess before moving

Start with workload inventory, dependency mapping, and risk scoring before migration decisions are made.

02 / ModelCFO-auditable TCO

Compare current state and cloud with licences, maintenance, downtime, migration effort, and operating cost included.

03 / PlaceWorkload-fit architecture

Choose single-cloud, multi-cloud, hybrid, or non-cloud placement based on workload and operating constraints.

04 / WaveProve before core systems

Sequence lower-risk workloads first, then move core systems once the method and controls are proven.

05 / OperateFinOps from cutover

Run tagging, budget alerts, rightsizing, RI strategy, and anomaly detection as continuous operations.

Merged operating model

Every cloud decision has to survive cost review and production reality.

Readiness assessment, TCO analysis, workload placement, wave planning, and FinOps are handled as one system. That keeps cost management in the design phase, where decisions are still reversible.

After migration
You can keep ICS engaged for ongoing FinOps and cloud operations through Managed Cloud & AI Operations, or hand the running practice to your internal team. The recommendation stays objective even when AWS is part of the solution.
Talk to us

Start with a cloud assessment. Then decide what to migrate.

If cloud bills are rising without explanation, or a migration is being planned without a defensible architecture guide, start with a structured assessment.

The output is a workload inventory, TCO model, architecture recommendation, and wave plan your team can execute internally or with ICS.

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Cloud assessment

What the assessment covers

  • Workload inventory and dependency map
  • TCO model including hidden costs
  • Architecture recommendation per workload
  • FinOps framework: tagging, alerts, RI strategy, anomaly detection
  • Migration roadmap with wave plan and prioritisation rationale