IT consulting
Architecture reviews before the expensive decision
Planning a modernisation, an IoT rollout or a platform choice? Get a senior, vendor-neutral second opinion first.
- Current estate and pain points
- Growth plans
- Compliance obligations
- Budget envelope
- Architecture and stack reviews
- IoT and data platform strategy
- Security and compliance readiness
- Modernisation roadmaps, including C++, MFC and .NET estates
- Vendor evaluation
- Interfaces
- GCP
- AWS
- Azure
- .NET
- Java
- C++ / MFC
- Spark
- Applies to
- Platform decisions · Legacy modernisation · Cloud migration
- Engagement
- Architecture review · Strategy & roadmap · Fractional architect
In plain words
An experienced architect looks at your systems and plans, and tells you what to build, buy or fix, and in what order.
- Who it's for
- Leaders about to spend on a new system, a migration or an IoT rollout who want an independent second opinion.
- How to start
- A 2–3 week assessment with a written roadmap you can use with any vendor.
Words on this page, explained
- Cloud:
- Software that runs on servers in a data centre, reached over the internet, so you don't run servers yourself.
- ERP:
- Your main business system for stock, orders and accounts (for example SAP or Tally).
- API:
- A defined way for two software systems to talk to each other automatically.
Short engagements with senior engineers: technology selection, architecture reviews, security and compliance posture, and roadmaps your own team can carry out. Most start with a one- to two-week review and a written report.
IT consulting · architecture
From a tangle of systems to a clear plan.
Most estates grew one urgent project at a time. We map what you have, find what costs the most to keep, and hand you a roadmap your team can actually follow.
Your IT estate · before and after
Before
- Five vendors, no owner
- A 15-year-old desktop app
- Two clouds, by accident
- Security checks once a year
- Outages found by customers
- Every change is risky
Your roadmap
After
Now
90 days
Fix the top 3 risks
Next
6 months
Move the legacy app
Later
1 year
One cloud, one bill
Owner
1
Named for each system
Today
- Architecture map everyone agrees on
- Security and compliance checklist
- Before: 6 places to look, and nobody sees the whole picture.
- After: one screen, live numbers, and a short list of what needs you today.
What you’re seeing: an IT estate before and after a review. Drag the handle to compare a tangle of vendors, clouds and old apps with a simple roadmap: what to fix now, next and later.
For engineers
Discovery covers application and data inventories, dependency mapping, cost and licence analysis, security posture against your compliance framework, and modernisation options for C++, MFC and .NET estates. Output: target architecture, migration waves and decision records.
Half before, half after
Why teams call us
- 01
Too many vendors, no single architecture
We draw the target picture and the path to it.
- 02
IoT pilots that never scale
Most stall on integration, security or operations, not on devices. We plan for those up front.
- 03
Unclear build-vs-buy decisions
Independent evaluation with cost and risk, even when the answer isn't us.
How we work
From first workshop to running in production.
- STEP 01
Listen
Interviews with operations, IT, finance and the people on the floor.
- STEP 02
Map
Current systems, data flows, costs and pain points.
- STEP 03
Recommend
Target architecture, options with trade-offs, and a phased roadmap.
- STEP 04
Prove
A small, measurable pilot before the big spend.
- STEP 05
Guide
Vendor selection, RFP support and delivery assurance.
What you get
Deliverables, not slideware.
- Target architecture
- Diagrams, standards and decision records
- Roadmap
- Phases, costs, dependencies and success measures
- Technology evaluation
- Shortlist, scoring and recommendation
- Security and compliance review
- Gaps against your obligations, with fixes
Technology
No stack limits. Right tool for the problem.
Enterprise systems
Integration
Cloud and platforms
Security
Need something not listed? We hire for it or bring in a specialist. The problem picks the stack.
A plan your board can approve
Costs, risks and benefits on one page
Fewer dead-end pilots
Each phase earns the next
IT consulting & architecture: common questions
Are you vendor-neutral?
Yes. We'll recommend a third-party product when it's the better fit.
How long does an assessment take?
Usually two to four weeks, depending on how many systems are involved.
Engagement models
Ways to work with us
Architecture review
1–2 weeks
Strategy & roadmap
4–6 weeks
Fractional architect
ongoing
Where this sits in the stack
Six blocks on one die. One team across all of them.
We work across .NET, C, C++, MFC, Go, Java, Python, Node.js, React and Spark, on GCP, AWS and Azure, plus embedded C on RTOS and embedded Linux. Pick a block to see where it fits.
Hover, tap or tab through the blocks. Lit copper shows which blocks work together.
Block · Cloud
Back-ends that devices and people both rely on.
- GCP
- AWS
- Azure
- Go
- Java
- Node.js
- .NET
- APIs and device back-ends
- Device fleets over MQTT
- Infrastructure as code, SRE and cost control
- ERP, WMS and POS integration
Where it shows up
- Software & cloud
- IT consulting (this page)
- Retail technology
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Scope your IT consulting & architecture project
Tell us the problem, the constraints and the deadline. A senior engineer replies within one business day.