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Cloud Migration & IT Infrastructure Above the Limits.

We design, migrate, and manage the technology infrastructure that keeps your business running — from cloud migration on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud to infrastructure setup, cybersecurity, and disaster recovery. For businesses of every size, in the UK and UAE.

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Audit from£1,500
PlatformsAWS · Azure · GCP
AgnosticYes
MarketsGB · AE
The underlying reality

Infrastructure is the foundation
everything else depends on.

End-of-life servers still runningOn-premise infrastructure that made sense at 50 employees becomes a liability at 200.
Backup never actually testedMost businesses discover their backup doesn't work at the moment it matters most.
Security posture failing assessmentsSoft targets. Small businesses account for a significant share of UK cyber incidents.
Cloud costs drifting without governanceProvisioned for peak load and never right-sized — paying for capacity you don't use.

Every piece of software your business uses, every customer interaction it handles digitally, every piece of data it stores and processes — all of it depends on the infrastructure running underneath it. When that infrastructure is well-designed, well-maintained, and appropriately secured, it is invisible. When it is not, it makes itself known in the ways that cost the most.

Systems that are slow or unreliable. Security incidents that disrupt operations and damage reputation. Data loss events that compromise both compliance and business continuity. And the technical debt of legacy infrastructure that limits what the business can do and slows every digital initiative it undertakes.

Most businesses reach a point where the infrastructure they built — or inherited — is no longer adequate for the business they have become.

On-premise servers that made sense at fifty employees become a liability at two hundred. A backup approach that was adequate for moderate data volumes becomes insufficient as those volumes grow. A network security posture designed for a team working in a single office becomes inadequate when that team is distributed across multiple locations and working on personal devices.

Cloud migration and infrastructure modernisation address these situations structurally — replacing infrastructure that is limiting the business with infrastructure designed for where the business is going, not where it has been.

What we deliver

Four services.
One audit.

Cloud migration, infrastructure setup, cybersecurity, and disaster recovery — all beginning with an infrastructure audit that tells you exactly where you stand and what matters most to fix. All engagements begin with an infrastructure audit.

Cloud migration on AWS, Azure & Google Cloud · IT infrastructure setup & optimisation · Cybersecurity & Cyber Essentials · Disaster recovery & business continuity. Platform-agnostic. Audit-led. Fixed-entry-point pricing.
01 / CLOUD MIGRATION
Cloud Migration
Moving applications, data, and infrastructure from on-premise or legacy hosting to AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud — with pre-migration cost modelling, phased execution, and post-migration validation.
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The case for cloud is well established. Infrastructure that scales with demand. Maintenance transferred to platform providers. Security infrastructure that exceeds what most organisations can build independently. But poorly managed cloud migration is equally well documented — cost overruns from inadequate pre-migration modelling, security misconfigurations introducing new vulnerabilities, and performance degradation from lifting workloads into cloud without the re-architecture they require. We manage cloud migrations with the rigour these trade-offs demand.
AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Hybrid cloud Multi-cloud
What cloud migration covers
Infrastructure assessment and cloud readiness evaluation
Workload classification — lift-and-shift, re-platform, or re-architect per workload
Cloud platform selection and architecture design
Pre-migration cost modelling — projecting cloud running costs and optimisation opportunities
Security architecture design for the target cloud environment
Phased migration execution with defined testing and rollback provisions per workload
Post-migration performance validation and security assessment
Cost optimisation — right-sizing, reserved capacity planning, and waste elimination
Audit entry point: from £1,500 · Includes cloud readiness assessment and migration roadmap
02 / IT INFRASTRUCTURE
IT Infrastructure Setup & Optimisation
Designing, implementing, and optimising the network, server, and connectivity infrastructure that underpins business operations — from first office setup to multi-site legacy modernisation.
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The most common infrastructure challenge for growing businesses is outgrowing a setup that was never formally designed — a collection of devices, applications, and connectivity solutions assembled pragmatically over time, without the network design, security configuration, or management framework that a structured approach would produce. For larger organisations, the challenge is legacy complexity — infrastructure extended and modified over years without a governing architecture, producing a technical environment that is expensive to maintain and resistant to modernisation.
What infrastructure covers
Network architecture design — LAN, WAN, WiFi, and remote access infrastructure
Server infrastructure — on-premise, cloud, or hybrid design and implementation
End-user device management — provisioning, MDM, and endpoint security
Identity and access management — directory services, SSO, and access control
Storage and backup infrastructure — data storage architecture and backup configuration
Monitoring and management tooling — infrastructure monitoring, alerting, remote management
Documentation — network diagrams, configuration records, and operational runbooks
Infrastructure optimisation — performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost reduction
Audit entry point: from £1,500 · Includes network and infrastructure assessment and recommendations
03 / CYBERSECURITY
Cybersecurity
Assessing, improving, and managing the security posture of the organisation's technology environment — from security assessments and Cyber Essentials certification to ongoing monitoring and incident response planning.
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The perception that cyberattacks target large organisations is demonstrably false. Small businesses account for a significant proportion of cybersecurity incidents in the UK precisely because they are perceived as softer targets, with less sophisticated security posture and less capacity to detect and respond before significant damage is done. The most common attack vectors — phishing, ransomware through unpatched vulnerabilities, and business email compromise — are addressed by a specific set of controls that are neither technically complex nor disproportionately expensive for a business of any size to implement.
What cybersecurity covers
Security posture assessment — evaluating current controls against best practice and regulatory requirements
Vulnerability assessment — identifying specific technical vulnerabilities across network, systems, and applications
Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification support
Email security — anti-phishing, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, and business email compromise prevention
Endpoint security — device configuration, endpoint detection, and response tooling
Network security — firewall configuration, network segmentation, intrusion detection
Security awareness training — phishing recognition, password security, and incident reporting
Incident response planning and ongoing security monitoring
Audit entry point: from £1,500 · Includes security posture assessment and prioritised remediation report
04 / DISASTER RECOVERY
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
Ensuring the business can recover from technology failures, data loss, ransomware, or operational disruptions within defined recovery time objectives — with tested runbooks, not theoretical plans.
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The most revealing question a business can ask about its disaster recovery provision is not "do we have a backup?" — it is "when did we last test whether we could restore from that backup, how long did the restoration take, and was everything recoverable?" Most businesses that believe they have adequate backup provisions have never tested them. The discovery that backups are incomplete, corrupted, or restorable only to a state weeks out of date is made, in most cases, at the moment it matters most.
What disaster recovery covers
RTO and RPO definition — establishing the specific recovery targets the organisation needs to meet
Backup architecture design — strategy, frequency, retention, storage, and testing regime
Recovery testing — structured testing to validate recovery times and data completeness
Disaster recovery runbook development — step-by-step recovery procedures for defined failure scenarios
Cloud-based disaster recovery — cost-effective standby environments for critical systems
Business continuity plan development — critical functions, dependencies, and restoration procedures
Business impact analysis — assessing operational and commercial consequences of disruption scenarios
Plan testing, exercising, and ongoing maintenance
Audit entry point: from £1,500 · Includes backup and recovery assessment and gap analysis
Start here

Start with an
infrastructure audit.

An infrastructure audit is a structured assessment of an organisation's current technology infrastructure — covering network architecture, server and hosting environment, security posture, backup and recovery provisions, and cloud readiness. It produces a written findings report containing a current-state assessment, identified gaps and risks, and a prioritised recommendations register.

Most organisations discover at least one security gap, one backup provision not working as believed, and one infrastructure cost that could be reduced — findings that typically justify the audit many times over.

Every infrastructure engagement we undertake begins with an audit — because the right solution cannot be designed without an accurate understanding of the current state. An organisation that commissions cloud migration without a thorough assessment risks discovering mid-migration that the approach does not work for a significant proportion of what is being migrated.

All audit outputs belong to your organisation regardless of whether any further engagement proceeds.

Audit pricing tiers
Small business audit
Up to 20 users · single site
From £1,500
Most common for SMEs
Mid-market audit
20–100 users · multi-site
From £2,500
Enterprise audit
100+ users · complex environments
From £5,000
Security posture assessment
Standalone cybersecurity review
From £2,500
Standalone
What the audit covers
Assessment 01
Network Assessment
We document and assess the current network architecture — LAN, WAN, WiFi, remote access, and connectivity — against the organisation's operational requirements and security standards.
Assessment 02
Security Posture Review
We assess current security controls against the NCSC Cyber Essentials framework and relevant regulatory requirements, identifying specific gaps and their associated risks.
Assessment 03
Backup & Recovery Assessment
We assess the backup configuration, retention policy, and recovery capability — including validating whether recovery from current backup is achievable within the organisation's operational requirements.
Assessment 04
Cloud Readiness Assessment
For organisations considering cloud migration, we assess the current infrastructure against cloud readiness criteria — identifying workload suitability, dependency mapping, and specific technical work required.
Assessment 05
Infrastructure Cost Review
We assess current infrastructure costs — hardware, hosting, software licensing, support contracts — and identify opportunities for cost reduction without capability reduction.
Output · Written Report
Findings & Recommendations Register
Network assessment · Security posture review · Backup validation results · Cloud readiness score · Infrastructure cost analysis · Prioritised recommendations ordered by risk and commercial impact. Yours regardless of whether you proceed.
Platform guide

AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud —
which is right for you?

Three leading platforms — each with distinct strengths. We are platform-agnostic and certified across all three. We recommend the platform that is right for your specific organisation, not the platform most convenient for us to implement.

AWS
The broadest range. Largest ecosystem. Best for organisations with no strong platform affiliation or open-source stacks.
  • Broadest range of services and the deepest feature set across compute, storage, databases, and AI
  • Largest ecosystem of cloud-native tools, marketplace solutions, and integration options
  • Right choice when building new cloud capability from the ground up
  • Applications built on open-source technologies or requiring platform-agnostic infrastructure
AWS
Azure
The Microsoft ecosystem. Hybrid cloud leader. Best for organisations with significant Microsoft technology investment.
  • Office 365, Active Directory, SQL Server, and the Microsoft development stack integrate most naturally
  • Leading platform for hybrid cloud environments — workloads on-premise alongside cloud-hosted services
  • Compliance requirements most naturally addressed within Microsoft's security and compliance framework
  • Organisations with existing Microsoft and Azure skills and certifications
AZ
GCP
Data and AI leader. Kubernetes native. Best for data-intensive organisations and AI-powered applications.
  • BigQuery data warehouse and AI/ML services are market-leading capabilities
  • Most mature managed Kubernetes service for containerised application workloads
  • Right choice for data analytics, machine learning, and AI-powered applications
  • Organisations heavily invested in the Google Workspace ecosystem
GCP
Our position: We are platform-agnostic and certified across all three major cloud platforms. We recommend the platform that is right for your organisation's specific situation — not the platform that is most convenient for us to implement. In many cases, a multi-cloud approach — using different platforms for different workload types — is the right architectural decision. Our infrastructure audit establishes the right platform recommendation for your environment before any migration commitment is made.
Every stage of business

Cloud and infrastructure for
every size of organisation.

The approach differs between a growing SME where infrastructure has never been formally designed and an enterprise organisation managing multi-site legacy complexity. The output is the same — infrastructure that is reliable, secure, and capable of supporting what the business does next.

For Growing SMEs
Adequacy first.
Get the foundations solid.
Your infrastructure challenge is most likely one of adequacy — the setup that served you at ten employees is straining at forty, and your backup approach, security posture, and ability to support remote work are all less robust than they should be. The right starting point is an infrastructure audit — a structured assessment that tells you specifically what needs addressing, in what order of priority, at what cost.
  • Cloud-based file storage and collaboration replacing on-premise or consumer-grade solutions
  • Proper backup with tested recovery — replacing ad hoc arrangements that have never been validated
  • Cybersecurity controls meeting the UK government Cyber Essentials standard
  • Remote access infrastructure that works reliably for a distributed team
For Mid-Market & Enterprise
Modernisation at scale.
Architecture that lasts.
Your infrastructure challenge is most likely one of modernisation — legacy on-premise infrastructure reaching end-of-life, a cloud environment provisioned without adequate architecture governance that is now costing more than it should, or a security posture no longer appropriate for your current scale and risk profile. Enterprise infrastructure engagements typically involve a comprehensive audit, a phased migration programme with formal project governance, and ongoing management capability.
  • A comprehensive infrastructure audit covering all environments, sites, and cloud accounts
  • A phased cloud migration programme with formal governance, testing, and rollback provisions at each stage
  • Cloud cost optimisation — right-sizing the environment and eliminating waste without reducing capability
  • A security posture that is defensible under external assessment and regulatory scrutiny
Measurable outcomes

Infrastructure results from
real businesses.

Four case studies across all four service areas — with the specific numbers that demonstrate commercial impact in practice.

Cloud Migration · London Professional Services
On-premise end-of-life server environment migrated to Azure in 12 weeks — recovery time cut from 48 hours to under 4.
A 60-employee professional services firm had an on-premise server environment at end-of-life and a backup that had not been tested in over two years. The infrastructure audit confirmed the backup was incomplete and that recovery of critical systems would take 48 hours. A phased Azure migration over 12 weeks replaced on-premise infrastructure — reducing infrastructure management overhead by 15 hours per month and achieving a verified four-hour recovery time for critical systems.
12wk
Migration timeline
4hr
Recovery time (was 48h)
15h
Monthly overhead saved
Cybersecurity · Manchester E-Commerce
Failed supplier security assessment — 8 gaps remediated, £180k partnership reinstated in 6 weeks.
A Manchester e-commerce business failed a supplier security assessment, losing access to a distribution partnership worth approximately £180,000 annually. A Vistoplex security assessment identified eight specific gaps in the business's security posture. Remediation — including Cyber Essentials certification, email security configuration, and access control improvements — was completed in six weeks. The distribution partnership was reinstated at the next review.
8
Gaps identified & fixed
6wk
Full remediation
£180k
Partnership reinstated
Disaster Recovery · Dubai Financial Services
72-hour recovery time on critical financial system reduced to 4 hours — full regulatory compliance achieved.
A Dubai-based financial services organisation had a business continuity plan written three years earlier and never tested. Assessment identified that two critical recovery procedures were no longer valid due to infrastructure changes, and that recovery time for the core financial processing system was estimated at 72 hours — against a regulatory requirement of four hours. A revised disaster recovery architecture and tested runbook was implemented within 10 weeks, achieving validated four-hour recovery and full regulatory compliance.
4hr
Recovery time (was 72h)
10wk
Design to validated
Regulatory compliant
Cost Optimisation · UK Retail Organisation
£3,200/month saved from cloud costs — 38% reduction, zero performance impact.
A UK retail organisation with 120 staff was spending £8,400 per month on cloud infrastructure provisioned at peak capacity and never right-sized. A cloud cost optimisation review identified £3,200 per month in savings — through instance right-sizing, reserved capacity purchasing for stable workloads, and decommissioning of unused resources — with no reduction in performance or availability. The optimisation was implemented over four weeks.
£3.2k
Monthly savings
38%
Cost reduction
4wk
Implementation
Client testimony

What infrastructure clients say
about our work.

"The infrastructure audit was the most valuable two thousand pounds we have spent on technology in five years. It told us specifically what was wrong, in what order to fix it, and what it would cost. We had been vaguely aware that our backup situation was not ideal — the audit confirmed it was actually quite serious. The cloud migration has given us infrastructure that we are genuinely confident in for the first time."
MD
Managing Director
Professional Services · London
"Losing our distribution partnership because of a failed security assessment was a shock. We thought we were reasonably secure. The Vistoplex assessment showed us exactly where the gaps were and the remediation was faster than we expected. Passing the supplier assessment six weeks later and recovering the partnership made the entire engagement cost-neutral within the first month."
OD
Operations Director
E-Commerce · Manchester
"We had no idea our cloud costs had grown so far beyond what was necessary. The cost optimisation review identified savings that were honestly embarrassing — infrastructure running at full cost that we had simply forgotten to right-size after the projects that required it had concluded. The review paid for itself twelve times over in the first year of savings."
IT
IT Manager
Retail Organisation · UK
Transparent pricing

Cloud & infrastructure —
what to expect.

All Vistoplex cloud and infrastructure engagements begin with an infrastructure audit. The audit output belongs to your organisation regardless of whether you proceed. Programme fees below are typical ranges for subsequent engagements, confirmed during the audit phase.

ServiceAudit entry pointTypical engagement rangeTimeline
Cloud migration — SMB (10–20 workloads)From £1,500£15,000–£50,0006–12 weeks
Cloud migration — mid-market (20–100 workloads)From £2,500£50,000–£200,00012–24 weeks
IT infrastructure setup or optimisationFrom £1,500£8,000–£60,0004–16 weeks
Cybersecurity assessment & remediationFrom £2,500£2,500–£20,0002–10 weeks
Cyber Essentials certification supportFrom £1,500£1,500–£5,0002–6 weeks
Disaster recovery design & implementationFrom £1,500£5,000–£35,0003–12 weeks
Cloud cost optimisation reviewFrom £1,500£1,500–£6,0002–4 weeks

All fees exclusive of VAT · Audit output is yours regardless of whether you proceed · Free initial consultation · UK and UAE · AWS · Azure · Google Cloud

Common questions

Cloud & infrastructure —
frequently asked questions.

Cloud migration is the process of moving an organisation's applications, data, and IT infrastructure from on-premise servers or legacy hosting environments to cloud-based platforms — typically AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. It works through a structured programme beginning with assessing the current infrastructure, classifying each workload (lift-and-shift, re-platform, or re-architect), designing the target cloud architecture, modelling costs, executing the migration in phases with testing and rollback provisions at each stage, and validating the performance and security of the migrated environment. A well-managed cloud migration improves scalability, reduces infrastructure maintenance overhead, and typically improves security posture when executed correctly.
AWS is the world's largest cloud platform, offering the broadest range of services and largest ecosystem — best suited to organisations with no strong technology platform affiliation or those requiring platform-agnostic infrastructure. Microsoft Azure integrates most naturally with Microsoft technologies and is the leading platform for hybrid cloud environments — best suited to organisations with significant Microsoft technology investment. Google Cloud leads on data analytics and AI capabilities — best suited to data-intensive organisations and those building AI-powered applications. The right platform depends on the organisation's existing technology environment, primary workload types, and team skills. Many organisations use more than one platform for different workload types.
Cloud migration costs in the UK depend on the scale and complexity of the infrastructure being migrated. A small business migration of 10 to 20 workloads typically costs between £15,000 and £50,000 in programme management and migration services. A mid-market migration of 20 to 100 workloads typically costs between £50,000 and £200,000. Enterprise migrations are typically priced as phased programmes following a comprehensive infrastructure audit. At Vistoplex, all cloud migration programmes begin with an infrastructure audit — from £1,500 to £5,000 depending on scale — which produces a migration roadmap and cost estimate before any programme commitment is required.
Cloud migration timelines depend on the number and complexity of workloads being migrated. A small business migration of a server environment with 10 to 20 workloads typically takes 6 to 12 weeks. A mid-market migration of 20 to 100 workloads typically takes 12 to 24 weeks across defined phases. Enterprise migrations are structured as multi-phase programmes over 6 to 18 months. At Vistoplex, timelines are confirmed in the migration programme plan produced at the end of the infrastructure audit phase.
Cybersecurity for small businesses encompasses the technical and organisational controls that protect the business's technology systems, data, and operations from unauthorised access, data breaches, ransomware, and other malicious activity. The most important controls for most UK small businesses are: strong password and multi-factor authentication policies, email security configuration to prevent phishing and business email compromise, software patching to eliminate known vulnerabilities, access controls ensuring staff only have access to the data they need, and a tested backup and recovery solution. The UK government's Cyber Essentials certification framework provides a structured baseline covering these five control areas — and is increasingly required by public sector customers and insurers.
Disaster recovery is the set of processes, systems, and documentation that enable an organisation to restore its technology operations after a disruptive event — such as hardware failure, data loss, ransomware, or a physical incident affecting IT infrastructure. Whether your business needs a formal disaster recovery provision depends on how long it could operate without access to its technology systems and what the commercial and operational consequences of that downtime would be. For most businesses that rely on technology for customer transactions, financial records, or operational management, an unplanned technology outage of more than a few hours has significant commercial consequences that a properly designed disaster recovery provision would prevent or limit.
Signs that IT infrastructure needs attention include: systems that are frequently slow or unreliable, particularly at times of high usage; software that can no longer be updated because it requires hardware or operating system versions that are no longer supported; backup and recovery provisions that have not been tested or that cannot recover within an acceptable timeframe; network performance limiting productivity for remote workers; security posture that cannot pass basic external assessments; and infrastructure costs that have grown without a corresponding growth in capability. An infrastructure audit provides a structured and accurate assessment of where the current infrastructure stands and what the most important improvements are.
Yes — when managed correctly. Cloud platforms operated by AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud typically provide a significantly higher standard of physical security, redundancy, and infrastructure resilience than most small businesses can achieve with on-premise infrastructure. The security risks associated with cloud migration relate not to the cloud platforms themselves but to the configuration of those platforms — specifically, cloud environments that are misconfigured can expose data or systems to unauthorised access in ways that would not occur in a well-managed on-premise environment. A well-managed cloud migration includes security architecture design for the target environment, security configuration review post-migration, and ongoing security monitoring. For small businesses, the security posture of a well-configured cloud environment is almost always stronger than the on-premise alternative.

Start with a free
consultation.

The clearest first step for any cloud or infrastructure enquiry is a free consultation — a focused conversation in which we assess your current situation, give you an honest view of the most important infrastructure priorities for your business, and explain what an infrastructure audit would involve for your specific environment.

If you already know you need an infrastructure audit, we can scope and quote that directly from the initial consultation. All audit outputs are yours to keep regardless of whether you proceed to any further engagement.

Infrastructure audit from £1,500 · Audit output is yours regardless · Free consultation · AWS · Azure · Google Cloud · UK & UAE