Technology Consulting

Cloud Management

Keep your cloud reliable, secure and cost-conscious.

Cloud management helps keep your cloud services reliable, secure and cost-conscious. We review accounts and workloads, make priority configuration and cost improvements with your team, then establish routines for access, backups and ongoing upkeep.

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Keep cloud services visible and maintained.

Workloads, access, cost and recovery connect through a routine your team can operate.

  1. Accounts & workloads
  2. Access & configuration
  3. Cost & recovery
  4. Review & upkeep

Regular reviews keep cloud changes connected to business needs.

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Build at the operating structure.

Cloud Management works in the operating structure. Strata Modus raises the information floor, from the physical layer to the digital surface.

  1. Convert
    The digital surface

    Where buyers search, ask AI and decide who to call: your website, Google, AI answers and campaigns.

    Marketing & AdvertisingWeb Design, Development & CRO
  2. Connect
    The signal layer

    How an inquiry reaches a person: AI voice, missed-call text back, intake, CRM and follow-up.

    AI & Business Automation
  3. Build
    The operating structure

    The systems the work runs on: strategy, software, technology and the integrations between them.

    Strategy & Fractional LeadershipCustom Software & IntegrationsTechnology Consulting
  4. Unearth
    The physical layer

    The work itself: crews, jobs, records, compliance and the numbers behind them.

    Compliance & Operational ReadinessBookkeeping & Payroll

The expertise behind the work

Cloud expertise, supported by real credentials.

Keegan brings cloud architecture and DevOps experience. Kyle contributes infrastructure, endpoint security and operational support, connecting cloud decisions with the people who use your systems.

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Cloud architecture & security

Keegan Justis

Chief Security Consultant & Cloud Architect

A decade in cloud development, operations and cybersecurity at Fortune 500 and private equity companies. Keegan brings that experience to architecture decisions, AI systems and security-sensitive implementation.

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Infrastructure & IT operations

Kyle Grenier

IT Leader & Systems Administrator

Kyle has deployed networks across 65 locations supporting 85 businesses and resolved thousands of endpoint security threats for global enterprises while working for a Microsoft contractor. He connects security improvements with the systems your team uses every day.

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The business opportunity

Cloud Management,
with a clear purpose.

Cloud accounts and workloads can expand while access, spending, backups and ownership become harder to follow. When changes lack an owner or review routine, the team has less visibility into cost, reliability and recovery.

Bring cloud access, spending, recovery and change responsibilities into a manageable operating picture. We work with your team to improve priority settings, make approved changes and set a routine for keeping the environment current.

Build growth you keep.

Start with our infrastructure. Strengthen the assets in your business.

Strata tools & networks
Your retained assets

Your infrastructure documentation, configurations and access records.

See the ownership pathway

Shared Strata networks remain Strata-owned. Your commissioned assets and access are documented in the scope.

The engagement

What we build
with your business.

A defined scope gives your team a clear picture of the work and what it needs to operate.

01

Cloud account and workload map

List important accounts, services, dependencies, owners and available cost information.

02

Access and configuration improvements

Review account roles, resource settings, logging and backup practices, then implement agreed changes.

03

Cost visibility and controls

Identify cost drivers and set up agreed budgets, alerts or right-sizing changes, with a way to review their effect.

04

Cloud operations playbook

Document change approvals, account ownership, backup checks, review dates and escalation contacts.

From first conversation to working system

How the work moves.

  1. 01

    Understand the environment

    Confirm the cloud services, accounts, workloads, dependencies and people who manage them.

  2. 02

    Review cost and configuration

    Build an inventory and inspect access, workload settings, billing signals and recovery practices.

  3. 03

    Improve priority areas

    Agree on the changes, apply authorized configuration or cost improvements and record the result.

  4. 04

    Set up ongoing upkeep

    Assign owners for account reviews, backup checks, change approvals and future improvements.

Before we begin

Useful questions.

We’ll refine the details around your business in the first conversation.

What ongoing cloud support do you provide?

An engagement can include implementation and ongoing administration. The proposal defines the services covered, tasks, response hours and escalation responsibilities.

Which cloud services can you manage?

We start with the services and accounts your business uses, then confirm access and technical fit before defining the work.

Can you help with a cloud migration?

Yes. We can assess dependencies, plan the move and carry out agreed migration tasks with your team and service providers.

How do you identify cloud savings?

We review billing and usage information, connect it to workloads and owners, and implement approved cost changes. We track the result so your team can decide what to adjust next.

Connected services

The next layer.

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01

Identity & Access Management

Identity and access management organizes staff accounts, permissions and changes across the systems your business uses. We map roles and owners, configure agreed access workflows, and set a review routine for joiners, movers and leavers.

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02

Fractional Technology Leadership

Fractional technology leadership gives a business a part-time leader for technology priorities, budgets, vendors and delivery. We translate business needs into a sequenced roadmap and stay involved through scoped decisions, implementation and ongoing review.

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03

Network Management

Network management helps keep your team connected and day-to-day work running. We map your wired and wireless systems, resolve priority connectivity and access issues, and set up a maintenance routine for the equipment and services your business depends on.

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Meet the people.
Define the work.

Consultation-scoped pricing

This work is scoped separately after consultation. Your proposal defines implementation, responsibilities and any ongoing support.

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Start with your business

Put Cloud Management to work.

Tell us what needs to improve and what you use today. We can help plan the change, build the solution and provide ongoing support, with responsibilities and pricing agreed in your proposal.

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