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.
Case Study
When you’re being pitched to, outnumbered and buried in acronyms, the deck is stacked. We even it up — sitting at the table as an impartial expert with no stake in the sale, so you make the right call and get the best deal.
We’re not resellers and we don’t take vendor commission. That means our only job is your best interest — cutting through the jargon, aligning technology to your business goals, and making sure every promise ends up in writing.
Whether it’s a single big decision or an ongoing sounding board, we bring 20+ years of enterprise experience to businesses that could never justify hiring it full-time.
Pick what you need — one meeting, one decision, or a steady hand on the tiller.
We join (or replace you in) vendor and supplier meetings, ask the awkward questions and keep the conversation honest.
We read the small print, itemise the costs, spot the lock-in and tell you exactly what you’re signing.
Impartial help choosing the right tool or supplier for your needs and budget — not the one with the best sales team.
A cold, independent look at what you’re spending on tech, and where the easy savings are.
A clear, prioritised plan that ties your tech decisions to where the business is actually going.
Buying, selling or investing? We assess the technology and the risks in plain terms.
We learn your business, your goals and exactly what’s being proposed.
Every spec, buzzword and clause turned into plain English.
We pressure-test the pitch, compare options and negotiate hard.
Requirements and commitments written down — then checked off as they’re met.
How we migrated a hosting-dependent e-commerce provider off fragile physical servers and onto AWS — so peak trading no longer meant panic.
A field guide to the sales tactics that inflate your bill — and the plain-English questions that deflate them. This is what our advisory service does in the room.
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.