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Cloud Transformation.

We move you to the cloud the right way — multi-cloud by design, secure from the first commit, and engineered as code. Not lift-and-shift; a foundation built for AI, scale, and whatever comes next.

Build Bold, Scale Smart.
Why cloud transformation

The cloud is now the engine of AI.

AI at scale depends on cloud at scale. But moving fast the wrong way is expensive — and most of the value lives in how you build, not just where you run. The research shows where the gap is.

Cloud powers AI

A modern, well-architected cloud foundation is what makes AI, data, and rapid innovation possible. An outdated foundation caps what you can build.

Lift-and-shift leaves value behind

Rehosting alone rarely pays off. Most of the return comes from modernising how applications and infrastructure are built, secured, and run.

Security is designed in

In the cloud, security and compliance are architecture decisions made on day zero — not a checklist bolted on at the end.

The business case — from the research
$723B
worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services in 2025
Gartner, Public Cloud Forecast (2024)
90%
of organisations will adopt a hybrid cloud approach through 2027
Gartner, Cloud Forecast (2024)
42%
only 42% of companies report achieving the returns they expected from cloud
Accenture, Cloud Services
41%
cite security risks as a leading barrier to cloud value
Accenture, Cloud Security
Cloud transformation capabilities

End-to-end cloud — one accountable practice.

Eight capability areas spanning strategy, platform, security, and applications — delivered as multi-cloud, infrastructure-as-code engineering across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

Strategy & architecture

Business, application, data & platform architecture and target operating model.

Migration & modernisation

Greenfield builds and brownfield migration — rehost, replatform & refactor.

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform & CloudFormation — environments built and versioned as code.

Containers & Kubernetes

Containerized workloads on Amazon EKS, Azure AKS & Google GKE.

Platform engineering

Reusable landing zones and golden-path platforms teams build on.

Security & compliance

Secure-by-design baselines, IAM, encryption & policy guardrails.

Data & application

Data platforms, application modernisation & API-first services.

Hybrid & multi-cloud

On-prem ↔ cloud connectivity across AWS, Azure & GCP.

One accountable team across the cloud stack

Certified engineers fluent across the hyperscalers and the open-source toolchain — infrastructure-as-code first, secure by design, and matched to your context.

Our approach

Secure by design. As code. Multi-cloud.

A disciplined engineering approach to the cloud — built for security, repeatability, and scale, not a hand-cranked lift-and-shift.

Secure by design

Security and compliance are architecture, decided on day zero — never bolted on at the end of a migration.

Everything as code

Infrastructure, configuration, and policy live in version control — repeatable, reviewable, and auditable.

Keep it simple

Simple, well-understood systems beat clever ones. Secret complexity is not security — clarity is.

Multi-cloud by design

Architected for AWS, Azure, and GCP — provider strengths used deliberately, lock-in avoided.

Reusable landing zones

A hardened, versioned base every workload lands on — not a fresh, fragile build each time.

Cloud-native first

Managed services and containers over undifferentiated heavy lifting and self-managed infrastructure.

The cloud journey

From on-prem to cloud-native.

Cloud transformation isn't a single cutover — it's a sequenced journey. Each stage is engineered, secured, and automated, and signals from production feed back into the platform.

01 · DISCOVER

Discover & assess

Current state & portfolio
  • On-prem inventory (compute, storage, network)
  • Application & data assessment
  • Cost & risk baseline
OutputWhat moves, modernises, or retires
02 · STRATEGY

Strategy & architecture

Enterprise architecture
  • Business & application architecture
  • Data & platform architecture
  • The 6 Rs — per workload
PromotesA costed, sequenced roadmap
03 · FOUNDATION

Landing zone

Secure baseline as code
  • Multi-account / subscription
  • VPC & network segmentation
  • IAM, encryption & guardrails
  • Multi-AZ resilience
Built inA hardened, repeatable Terraform base
04 · MIGRATE

Migrate & modernise

Build & move
  • Containerize on EKS / AKS
  • Greenfield cloud-native builds
  • Replatform & refactor
  • CI/CD pipelines
GateWorkloads live — automated, not hand-cranked
05 · OPERATE

Operate & optimize

Run & improve
  • Observability & SRE
  • SOC & runtime security
  • FinOps & right-sizing
RunContinuous reliability, security & cost control
Inside the secure landing zone where security is engineered in, not bolted on

Network & isolation

VPCs, private subnets, security groups, and segmentation — a least-exposed network by default.

Identity & access

Least-privilege IAM, federation, and managed secrets — access that is scoped and auditable.

Reviewed with

SRESecurity architectPlatform engineer

Guardrails

Policy-as-codeEncryptionLogging

Resilience

Multi-AZ by design, automated backups, and recovery that is tested — not assumed.

Continuous feedback loop. Cost, security, and reliability signals from production route straight back into the platform — landing zone and golden paths improve release over release.
Accelerators

Frameworks that compress timelines.

Battle-tested cloud accelerators we bring to every engagement — so teams start from a hardened, running foundation, not a blank account.

Terraform landing-zone modules

Reusable, versioned modules for a hardened multi-account base — networking, IAM, and guardrails out of the box. AWS & Azure.

Multi-cloud reference architectures

Opinionated blueprints for AWS, Azure, and GCP, so teams start from a proven pattern — not a blank page.

Secure-by-design baseline

Encryption, least-privilege IAM, network isolation, and SOC-ready logging — wired in from day zero.

Container platform blueprint

Production-ready EKS / AKS / GKE with autoscaling, ingress, and observability built in.

CI/CD & GitOps pipelines

Infrastructure and apps delivered through code review and automated pipelines — drift-free environments.

Migration factory

A repeatable assess-and-move playbook (the 6 Rs) with configuration management via Ansible, Chef, and Puppet.

Capability pillars

Four pillars, one practice.

Four engineering disciplines — strategy, platform, security, and applications — that we stand up and run alongside your teams.

01

Cloud strategy & architecture

A foundation that fits your business.
The friction we remove: lift-and-shift with no target architecture — cloud that costs more and delivers less than the data centre it replaced.
Architecture across domains. Business, application, data, and platform architecture aligned to outcomes — with security as a cross-cutting layer.
Operating model & multi-cloud. A provider strategy across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with the right mix of on-prem, cloud, and hybrid.
Migration strategy (the 6 Rs). Rehost, replatform, refactor, repurchase, retire, retain — decided per workload, not by default.
Cost & FinOps design. Spend modelled and governed from the start — not discovered on the bill after go-live.
02

Platform engineering & IaC

The base every workload lands on.
The friction we remove: snowflake environments built by hand — slow to stand up, inconsistent, and impossible to reproduce reliably.
Landing zones. Hardened, versioned multi-account / subscription baselines — networking, identity, and guardrails as code.
Infrastructure as Code. Terraform and CloudFormation for repeatable, reviewable, and auditable environments.
Configuration management. Ansible, Chef, and Puppet for consistent, drift-free configuration at scale.
Golden paths & self-service. Paved roads that let teams ship safely without reinventing the platform each time.
03

Security engineering & compliance

Secure by design, not bolt-in.
The friction we remove: security added at the end — misconfigurations, over-broad access, and findings no one can action.
Secure-by-design baseline. Encryption, least-privilege IAM, and network isolation built into the landing zone from the start.
Policy & guardrails as code. Preventive controls and policy-as-code that stop misconfiguration before it ships.
SOC & runtime security. Centralised logging, detection, and response across the whole cloud estate.
Compliance & sovereignty. Controls mapped to standards and data-residency needs across regions and clouds.
04

Data & application engineering

Modern apps on a modern foundation.
The friction we remove: legacy applications rehosted unchanged — still brittle, still hard to change, now with a cloud bill attached.
Application modernisation. Replatform and refactor to containers and managed services — greenfield where it pays off.
Data platform engineering. Pipelines, storage, and governance that make data trustworthy and usable for AI and analytics.
API-first services. Well-managed APIs and integration across the estate — the APIs practice, productized.
CI/CD delivery. Applications shipped through automated, tested pipelines — not manual, error-prone deploys.
Measuring what matters

Cloud you can see — and manage.

We baseline the metrics that turn cloud from a cost centre into evidence on day one, then move them — and set targets with you, against your estate, not a generic benchmark.

Cloud cost efficiency

Spend per workload and wasted spend, made visible.

Goal: trending down · FinOps

Deployment frequency

How fast and how often you ship changes safely.

Goal: trending up

Provisioning time

From request to a running environment, via IaC.

Goal: trending down

Security posture

Misconfigurations and exposed attack surface.

Goal: trending down
Availability  Uptime and resilience — engineered with multi-AZ and tested recovery.
MTTR  Mean time to recover from incidents — with observability and runbooks in place.

We track these from a day-one baseline; targets are set per engagement against your estate rather than a one-size-fits-all benchmark.

Cloud maturity

Know where you are. See where we take you.

Many estates sit at level 1 or 2. Our engagements move you up the curve — and cost, security posture, and delivery speed move with you.

LEVEL 1

On-prem / manual

  • Manual provisioning
  • Little or no cloud
  • Configuration by hand
Coverage: low · reactive
LEVEL 2

Lift-and-shift

  • Rehosted to cloud
  • Some automation
  • Environments hand-built
Coverage: partial
LEVEL 3

Cloud-optimized

  • IaC + landing zones
  • CI/CD & containers
  • Secure baseline
Coverage: high · automated
LEVEL 4

Cloud-native / AI-ready

  • Multi-cloud & GitOps
  • FinOps & self-service
  • AI-ready foundation
Coverage: continuous
Platform & tooling ecosystem

Fluent across the clouds, and the toolchain.

Hands-on delivery experience with the leading platforms and the open-source tooling at every stage — unified into one secure, repeatable way of working.

Cloud platforms

AWS · Microsoft Azure · Google Cloud

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform · CloudFormation · Bicep · Pulumi

Containers & orchestration

Kubernetes · Amazon EKS · Azure AKS · Google GKE · OpenShift

Configuration management

Ansible · Chef · Puppet

CI/CD & GitOps

GitHub Actions · GitLab CI · Jenkins · Argo CD

Security & operations

IAM · Vault · CIS Benchmarks · CSPM · Datadog · Grafana

Vendor-fluent

We've delivered across these platforms and tools from experience — so we recommend and integrate from practice, not slideware.

Secure by design

Every tool is wired into a hardened, least-privilege baseline — the toolchain itself is part of the security posture.

AI & security, woven in

AI-ready cloud. Secure by design.

Cloud is where AI and security are won or lost. We build the foundation AI runs on, accelerate migration with AI-assisted tooling, and make security an architecture decision from day zero — across the holistic product lifecycle (PLDC).

The engine of AI

A modern, well-architected foundation for AI and data workloads — GPU and managed AI services, ready to scale.

AI-accelerated migration

AI-assisted data migration and code conversion with SnapLogic, Snowflake SnowConvert AI, and Informatica.

Secure by design

Encryption, least-privilege IAM, and policy guardrails built into the landing zone from day zero — not bolted on at the end.

Cloud security operations

SOC and threat detection, plus data obfuscation and masking at scale, protect sensitive data across the cloud estate.

Case studies

Proven across the cloud.

Reference architectures and engagement patterns from the NovasIQ cloud practice — across migration, platform, security, and data.

These are representative reference architectures and engagement patterns from the NovasIQ cloud practice. Approaches reflect standard, proven cloud practice and are described qualitatively; quantitative figures elsewhere on this page are drawn from cited public research.

How we engage

From cloud assessment to workloads migrating, in weeks.

A four-step engagement that spans all four NovasIQ pillars: consulting, AI & digital, systems design, and managed services.

01

Assess & strategize

Cloud readiness, application & data assessment, enterprise architecture, and a costed roadmap.

Assess · Consulting
02

Design the foundation

Landing-zone architecture, security baseline, and an infrastructure-as-code blueprint across your clouds.

Design · AI & Digital
03

Migrate & build

We build landing zones, containerize and modernise workloads, and wire up CI/CD — without disruption.

Build · Systems Design
04

Operate & optimize

Observability, SOC, FinOps, and SRE that keep cost, security, and reliability on track.

Run · Managed Services
Why NovasIQ

Ownership, not just output.

We operate as an extension of your team — not a vendor at arm's length. Every engagement is built around your outcomes.

01

Integrated — not siloed

Strategy, build, and run under one engagement. No hand-offs between architecture, migration, and operations.

02

Startup speed

Mid-market firms work in 6–12 month cycles. We stand up a secure landing zone and start migrating in weeks.

03

Secure by design from day zero

Security, guardrails, and FinOps are built into the foundation — not retrofitted after go-live.

04

We advise, you decide

Multi-cloud on your terms. We bring the expertise and execution; you keep ownership and avoid lock-in.

Let's build

Move to the cloud. The right way.

From a cloud assessment to a secure landing zone and workloads migrating — in weeks, not quarters. Bring us your hardest migration.

Sources & further reading

  1. Gartner. Forecasts Worldwide Public Cloud End-User Spending to Total $723 Billion in 2025 (2024).
  2. Accenture. Cloud Consulting Services & Solutions.
  3. Flexera. State of the Cloud Report (2025–26).
  4. AWS, Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud. Well-Architected & Cloud Architecture Frameworks.
  5. Centre for Internet Security. CIS Benchmarks & NIST cloud security guidance.
  6. HashiCorp & CNCF. Terraform, Kubernetes & cloud-native standards.