AWS Cloud Managed Services

PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY: ACHIEVE RELIABLE AWS-BASED SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE MANAGED WITH MINIMAL EFFORT

CirrusHQ monitors your infrastructure 24×7 – using metrics and SLAs aligned to your business needs – to minimise business impact from any incidents that arise.

We test recovery procedures and the ability to recover automatically from failure and implement horizontal scaling (across multiple AWS instances) to increase aggregate system availability.

We automate capacity management for greater stability and can also create and implement back-up strategies, working as necessary with third party tools to back up to non-AWS systems.

All change is managed through automation for optimum robustness.

COST OPTIMISATION: DRIVING DOWN COSTS WITH AWS EXPERTISE AND OUR BILLING PORTAL

Our expertise in AWS and its pricing model underpins our ability to make recommendations – ranging from strategic advice on the hundreds of new services AWS introduce annually to simply switching off certain services outside of peak times – that will save money and improve profitability. Typically, we look at best practice in four areas: cost-effective resources; matching supply and demand; using our portal to improve awareness of expenditure and optimising use of AWS services over time.

AWS’s pay-as-you-go structure can lower costs significantly but also makes it hard to know where you are incurring costs and where savings can be made – particularly if you have multiple AWS instances for different internal users or departments. Our custom-built portal enables detailed analysis of expenditure, based on service, usage type, specific infrastructure resources, tagging and more; and automatically alerts you to potential cost overruns and cost saving opportunities. Billing information is updated every few hours and daily emails give you a rolling weekly breakdown of your AWS costs.

SECURITY: UNDERSTANDING AND COMPLEMENTING AWS CAPABILITIES FOR OPTIMISED SECURITY

We help customers understand the AWS Shared Responsibility Model and the best practices that keep your infrastructure secure and stable and compliant with all relevant legislation. Our AWS certified engineers will review your current and/or planned infrastructure and determine how to strengthen and harden the solution and how to ensure your systems are secure and correctly monitored. For customers requiring levels of security beyond those provided with the AWS platform, CirrusHQ has partnered with the industry’s leading security providers to ensure it can meet even the most stringent of requirements.