Cloud Consulting
Provider-neutral cloud strategy and business case — what to move, what to keep, and what it costs, written for the people who sign the cheque. TCO modelling with assumptions shown, a risk-rated roadmap, and recommendations based on fit, not resale margin.
Overview
Most cloud strategies look good on slides but fall apart when procurement, finance, and operations teams try to execute them. Cloud consulting provides an independent, provider-neutral assessment of your current estate, target architecture, migration readiness, and operating model — delivered as a sequenced roadmap with a defensible business case. We tell you what to move, what to keep, what it will cost, and what it will enable, without a vendor commission tilting the recommendation.
Clevertek scopes every engagement to your environment — capacity, sites, compliance and support model — so you get a tailored plan rather than a fixed SKU. Pricing is quote-only, and our solutions architects will work through your requirements before any proposal.
Our approach
We run a structured discovery across your application portfolio, infrastructure inventory, and operational practices — interviewing business owners, mapping dependencies, and profiling cost and performance data. The output is a written cloud strategy with a phased migration roadmap, a TCO model finance can audit, and a risk register covering security, compliance, and skills gaps. Every recommendation includes an explicit stay-on-prem option where that is the right answer. We stay independent of hyperscaler resale margins so the advice is yours, not a sales funnel. The engagement ends with a plan your team can execute — with or without our implementation services.
Why work with us
Provider-neutral assessments
AWS, Azure, GCP, private cloud, or on-prem — the recommendation fits your workloads, not a partner incentive. We show the trade-offs in money and risk so you decide.
Defensible TCO models
Every cost projection includes build-versus-run breakdown, sensitivity ranges, and assumptions visible to finance. No hidden egress fees, no ignored operational labour cost.
Outcome-linked roadmaps
Each phase of the roadmap connects to a measurable business outcome — cost reduction, faster releases, or risk reduction — not a technology milestone.
India-specific expertise
We design for India realities: data residency regulations, Mumbai and Chennai region availability, talent market conditions, and the compliance obligations that apply to Indian enterprises.
Skills transfer as a deliverable
Your team works beside our consultants during discovery and planning. The knowledge stays when the engagement ends — you own the strategy, not a document you cannot defend.
Post-strategy execution support
We do not stop at the report. The same team that built the strategy can support wave planning, procurement, and the first migration wave — continuity from plan to execution.
Key benefits
What this solution delivers for your business.
Clear investment rationale for the board
A written business case with quantified benefits, costs, risks, and timelines — the board gets a decision document, not a slide deck.
Reduced migration risk
Dependency mapping and risk profiling catch integration issues before they become production outages. The roadmap sequences workloads by risk, not by convenience.
Cost savings from workload right-sizing
Many estates run over-provisioned or idle resources. The assessment surfaces rightsizing and tiering opportunities that pay for the consulting engagement within months.
Faster decision cycles
A single assessment replaces months of internal analysis, vendor bake-offs, and procurement delays. The strategy answers the questions your team has been debating.
Compliance and security confidence
Regulatory requirements are mapped to target architecture decisions — data residency, encryption, logging, and audit trails are designed in from phase one.
What's included
Part of this managed service.
Application portfolio discovery
Systematic inventory of every application, its dependencies, performance profile, and business criticality — the foundation for every migration decision.
- Agent-based and agentless discovery
- Application dependency mapping
- Business impact classification
- Performance and utilisation baselines
TCO and business case modelling
A defensible cost model covering infrastructure, operations, migration, and exit costs across three to five years with sensitivity analysis.
- Current-state cost baseline
- Target-state cost projection
- Build-versus-run cost split
- Scenario modelling (3 providers)
Migration wave sequencing
Workloads grouped into migration waves by dependency, risk, and business windows — each wave has a rollback plan and a success criterion.
- Dependency group analysis
- Risk classification per workload
- Business calendar alignment
- Rollback plan per wave
Security and compliance mapping
Regulatory obligations mapped to target architecture decisions, with a gap analysis between current posture and target compliance requirements.
- Regulatory requirement inventory
- Data residency mapping
- Encryption and key management review
- Audit trail and logging assessment
Operating model design
The people, process, and tooling changes needed to run the target estate — cloud Centre of Excellence, FinOps, and incident management defined.
- Team structure and skills assessment
- FinOps framework design
- Incident and change management process
- Tooling and platform recommendations
Vendor and procurement support
RFP templates, hyperscaler programme evaluation, and contract review support so procurement gets the right commercial terms.
- Hyperscaler programme evaluation
- RFP and RFI templates
- Contract terms review
- Commitment and discount modelling
Where it helps
Real-world scenarios where this solution delivers measurable outcomes.
Board wants a cloud decision with numbers
A written cloud strategy with a defensible TCO model, risk register, and phased roadmap — the board gets a decision document with the assumptions visible and the trade-offs quantified.
A stalled cloud migration program
Diagnose why the program stalled — cost overruns, skills gaps, dependency surprises, or scope creep — and reset the plan to a sequenced, affordable, achievable roadmap.
Multi-cloud strategy without vendor lock-in
An independent assessment of which workloads belong on which cloud, with portability options and exit costs stated upfront — no provider is favoured because no provider pays commission.
Post-acquisition infrastructure integration
Assess the acquired company estate, map overlaps and gaps, and produce a consolidation roadmap that merges infrastructure without disrupting business operations.
Questions buyers actually ask
Will you recommend the cheapest option?
The right option, which is not always the cheapest. Sometimes on-prem is the best answer; sometimes committed-use pricing on a hyperscaler wins. We show the trade-offs so you decide based on your priorities.
Do you sell the cloud you recommend?
No. We are advisory-only; you contract infrastructure directly with the provider. That separation is the point — the advice is not tilted by a resale margin or partner programme rebate.
How long does a consulting engagement take?
A full strategy assessment typically takes four to eight weeks depending on estate size and complexity. Light-touch assessments for smaller estates can complete in two to three weeks.
What deliverables do we receive?
A written cloud strategy document with phased roadmap, a TCO model in spreadsheet form with assumptions visible, a risk register, and a presentation for the board. All deliverables are yours to use.
Can you support execution after the strategy?
Yes. The same team that produced the strategy can support wave planning, procurement, and the first migration wave. Continuity from plan to execution reduces handover risk.
Ready to scope a solution?
Talk to a Clevertek solutions architect about your requirements — no obligation.