From ageing servers to AWS: giving an e-commerce platform room to scale
How we migrated a hosting-dependent e-commerce provider off fragile physical servers and onto AWS — so peak trading no longer meant panic.
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You don't need to be technical to get a fair deal — you just need to know which levers vendors pull. Here are five of the most common, and exactly how to push back.
"AI-first, cloud-native, zero-trust, web-scale." If the pitch is stacked with adjectives, ask: "In plain terms, what does this do that a standard product doesn't?" Watch how quickly the language simplifies.
Everything's rolled into one shiny number. Ask for the price broken down per component, and per user. Bundles hide the bits you don't need.
A large up-front fee for setup or "customer success". Ask what it actually includes and whether it's waivable. It very often is.
Long minimum terms, painful exit clauses, your data held hostage. Ask: "If we leave, how do we get our data out, in what format, and at what cost?"
"This price is only good until Friday." Real value doesn't evaporate on a deadline. Genuine discounts survive you taking a week to think.
Our Technology Advisory service means you don't have to remember any of this under pressure — we sit in the meeting, ask the awkward questions for you, and make sure every commitment ends up in writing.
How we migrated a hosting-dependent e-commerce provider off fragile physical servers and onto AWS — so peak trading no longer meant panic.
Off-the-shelf membership tools forced Fusion Fitness to work the software’s way. We built one that worked their way — and handled the supplier for them.
A build exploring how clinicians who still work on paper can get the benefits of digital notes — snap a photo, get structured records back.
Tell us the business challenge — a decision, a system, a process, a pitch you don't trust — and we'll tell you, in plain English, how we'd solve it.