Expert Cloud Consultancy & Migration

A cloud consultant is a specialist who helps businesses plan, design, and implement cloud services that meet their specific goals. They provide expert cloud consultancy to assess your current infrastructure, recommend the right cloud technology, and guide you through migration and optimisation.

Hamilton Group is a cloud consultant that builds the right setup to get started, and then ensures your cloud environment is secure, compliant, and aligned with business growth, helping you get the most value from our managed cloud services.

Managed cloud services involve outsourcing the day-to-day management of your cloud environment to a managed cloud service provider like us. This includes monitoring, security, backups, updates, and performance optimisation.

Hamilton Group will handle the complexities of cloud technology, ensuring your systems remain secure, scalable, and cost-efficient.

The four main types of cloud services are: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), which provides virtualised computing resources; Platform as a Service (PaaS), which offers development platforms for building applications; Software as a Service (SaaS), which delivers applications over the internet; and Function as a Service (FaaS), which enables serverless computing.

As a cloud consultancy, Hamilton Group can help you decide which model or combination best suits your needs, ensuring your cloud environment is efficient, secure, and fit for purpose.

The cost of cloud consultancy depends on the size and complexity of your project, the type of cloud services you need, and whether you require ongoing managed cloud services. Small projects may start from a few hundred pounds, while large-scale migrations or multi-cloud strategies will cost more.

Hamilton Group offers transparent pricing, with options for one-off consultancy, project-based work, or ongoing cloud managed services to suit your budget.

‘Cloud’ refers to the delivery of computing services, such as servers, storage, and software, over the internet, hosted in a secure cloud environment. A Managed Service Provider (MSP) is a company that manages IT systems and services, which may include managed cloud services alongside traditional infrastructure.

A managed cloud service provider is a type of MSP that specialises in cloud technology, offering end-to-end management from strategy and migration to ongoing optimisation and support. This is what Hamilton Group offers.

Cloud services can be highly secure when managed correctly. Good managed cloud service providers use advanced encryption, multi-factor authentication, and continuous monitoring to protect your stored data from cyber threats.

Security in the cloud environment also relies on configuration and policies. As a trusted cloud consultancy, Hamilton Group ensures your setup meets industry compliance standards and keeps your business protected against evolving risks.

Yes, many businesses choose a hybrid cloud approach, where cloud technology works alongside existing on-premise infrastructure. This allows you to take advantage of the flexibility and scalability of cloud services without fully replacing your current systems.

A cloud consultancy will design an integration plan that ensures smooth communication between systems, minimises downtime, and maintains data security across your entire IT environment. Hamilton Group specialises in designing the right solution for our clients.

The timeframe for cloud migration depends on the amount of data, the complexity of your infrastructure, and the level of customisation needed. Small migrations can be completed in days, while larger, multi-site projects may take several weeks or months.

As an experienced managed cloud service provider, Hamilton Group will plan every stage of the process including testing, data transfer, and setup, so the transition to your new cloud environment is smooth and disruption-free.

If your internet connection fails, you won’t be able to access cloud services until it’s restored, but your data and systems remain safe in the cloud environment. For critical operations, many businesses use backup connections or 4G/5G failover solutions.

Hamilton Group is a managed cloud service provider and will recommend the right redundancy measures (alternative connections or systems that automatically take over if your main one fails) to ensure continuous access, keeping downtime to an absolute minimum.

Yes, cloud services can be designed to meet the strict security and compliance needs of regulated industries. This includes encryption, access controls, audit logging, and adherence to standards such as GDPR (UK data protection law) and PCI DSS (global payment card security standard used by UK businesses processing card payments).

Hamilton Group’s cloud consultancy capitalises on our sector-specific experience, so we create a compliant cloud environment and provide ongoing managed cloud services to ensure you stay secure, meet regulator expectations, and remain audit-ready at all times.