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Cloud strategy and advisory services

Build the business case for cloud before the first workload moves.

Turn cloud strategy into real outcomes

Most cloud programmes that fail do so because cloud strategy was treated as a technical exercise rather than a commercial one.

Without a business-led adoption strategy that anchors architecture decisions to TCO, ROI, and licensing realities from the outset, programmes overspend, miss their cloud business case, and carry avoidable risk into every phase that follows. This is regardless of which platform they choose.

We develop cloud strategies that are grounded in commercial outcomes rather than technical outputs. This combines target architecture design with TCO and ROI analysis, operating model definition, and licensing baseline to give your programme a foundation that holds under real conditions.

We collaborate with your team throughout, building internal capability from day one so you retain control long after delivery is complete.

Our cloud expertise

We have deep cloud expertise across AWS, Azure, and Oracle, and amassed over 30 years delivering transformation programmes across industries and geographies globally.

Microsoft

Azure Expert MSP, Microsoft 2023 Partner of the Year, Modernising Applications. Microsoft Ireland Partner of the Year 2023, Social Impact, 1500+ Microsoft engineers.

AWS

Premier Consulting Partner, Migration Partner of the Year EMEA 2022, Collaboration Partner of the Year 2023, 460+ AWS certifications and accreditations.

Oracle

Oracle Innovation Partner of the Year 2023, Gartner’s 2023 Market Guide for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure professional and managed services. 500+ certified Oracle professionals.

ISG Analyst Recognition

Leader in AWS Professional Services UK, AWS Data Analytics AI and ML UK, and AWS Managed Services UK. Leader across Oracle Ecosystem Europe covering Consulting and Advisory, Implementation and Integration, Managed Services, OCI Solutions, and Professional Services.

95 %+

on time and on budget delivery rate

~ 2 hours

Infrastructure provisioning cut from 6-8 weeks to under 2 hours

40 %

reduction in migration planning through proprietary accelerators

175 +

Data specialists

20 +

Years’ expertise

98 %

Customer retention

62 %

PoC to production rate

Build a strong foundation for cloud success

We help organisations assess, plan and prepare for cloud implementation with the right strategy, governance and commercial foundations. This reduces risk, controls costs and gives teams the confidence to migrate, scale and realise value faster.

Full estate inventory with application dependency mapping, workload classification, and regulatory compliance review — this is the evidence base your migration programme cannot afford to skip.

A business-led adoption strategy covering target architecture, operating model design, TCO and ROI analysis, and a benefits realisation plan aligned to commercial outcomes rather than technical outputs.

Secure, governed cloud foundation assessed against industry best practice frameworks, with identity, networking, security, and cost management built in from the start — and across whichever platform you choose.

Pre-migration license review across your existing vendor agreements to identify cost optimisation opportunities, hybrid benefit eligibility, and contract levers before workloads move and costs are locked in.

Early-stage financial governance to establish tagging standards, budget controls, and cost visibility structures before migration begins, preventing the spend overruns that undermine most programmes.

Assessment of your estate’s readiness to support cloud-native AI workloads, ensuring architecture, data foundations, and governance are in place to support AI initiatives from day one post-migration.

"Version 1 has worked closely to understand the importance and detail of the Hays migration strategy. The execution of the migration was outstanding and built upon their knowledge and experience, but also the Version 1 team meshed brilliantly with the Hays team to the point that they were indivisible. It has been a tremendous success and an enjoyed experience."

Benefits of our cloud implementation approach

Build a migration business case grounded in verified TCO, ROI, and licensing data, not assumptions

Our cloud partners

We partner with the world’s leading technology providers such as AWS, Microsoft and Oracle to deliver an unrivalled customer experience. Through our award-winning collaborations, and renowned expertise in each partner’s tech stack, we are globally recognised for our unique expertise by clients and partners alike.