The Digital Transformation Kickstart: Free App Modernisation Assessment + Strategic Cloud Roadmap

Stop Guessing. Start Growing. Secure Your Future-State Cloud Architecture on AWS 💹📈

The Challenge: Manual Complexity Halting EKS Adoption

Our core offering is a complimentary, strategic 90-minute assessment that targets the initial, most critical phase of digital transformation: strategic planning, application readiness, and financial justification. We specialise in pivoting organisations from high-risk, high-cost legacy applications to agile, cloud-native operational models on AWS.

Technical Capabilities and Use Cases

The assessment focuses on providing a clear blueprint for modernisation, using our experience to guide the customer toward the best AWS solutions:

• Application Assessment: We evaluate the health and modernisation readiness of your entire legacy application estate, identifying technical debt and bottlenecks hindering scalability.

• Target Architecture: We define a secure, scalable future-state that leverages Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) and other native AWS services for superior performance and management.

• Use Cases: The service provides immediate value for customers struggling with Monolith Refactoring, high operational costs due to inefficient resource utilisation, and slow delivery pipelines that impede time-to-market.

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AWS Value Proposition

Our assessment is designed to accelerate commitment to AWS by demonstrating guaranteed value:

• Optimisation: We highlight best practices for cost efficiency, ensuring the blueprint details strategies for better resource utilisation and assured monthly savings on your AWS consumption.

• Acceleration: By focusing the target state on modern AWS technologies, we guarantee a foundation for rapid feature delivery and increased release velocity.

• De-risking: We ensure the modernisation roadmap aligns with AWS security best practices (IAM, VPC segmentation, etc.) from the very first step, fortifying security and operational resilience.

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Characteristics and Profiles of Target Customers

Our target customers are mid-to-large Enterprise organisations facing significant technical debt, or tech start-ups where the cost and risk of maintaining legacy systems are driving the need for transformation.

• CTOs / VPs of Engineering: These leaders are responsible for operational efficiency, risk reduction, and competitive differentiation. They require a validated, funded strategy to reduce technical debt and accelerate time-to-market.

• Enterprise Architects: These individuals focus on technical governance, security, and integration challenges. They need a clear, detailed cloud-native blueprint that meets stringent security and compliance requirements.

• Directors of Infrastructure: These managers are responsible for managing cloud spend and ensuring uptime. They are focused on identifying and implementing immediate cost optimisation opportunities and improving system reliability.

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Customer Engagement and Delivery Mechanisms 

The service is delivered remotely by our certified cloud-native experts through a structured, 90-minute interactive workshop focused on discovery and planning.

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The 3-Step Delivery Mechanism

1. Architecture & Application Review: We deep dive into the existing legacy application architecture and current AWS setup, assessing suitability for the target cloud-native environment.

2. Workloads & CI/CD Pipeline Review: We examine the end-to-end delivery process, scrutinising the current pipeline to identify gaps hindering release velocity and efficiency.

3. Security & Observability Review: A complete evaluation of governance, access controls (RBAC), and the effectiveness of monitoring tools like AWS CloudWatch to ensure proactive operational excellence.

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What you get

Following the 90-minute session, the customer receives the primary deliverable—a Strategic Cloud Roadmap and Blueprint. This comprehensive report details the recommended future-state architecture, guaranteed cost optimisation strategies, and a clear path for moving to the next phase (a paid Proof-of-Concept or full migration project).

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Why Choose Footprint IT Solutions?

As an AWS Partner with deep expertise in AWS Kubernetes Platform Engineering (EKS Focus), we bring unparalleled experience in building resilient, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructures. Our proven track record, demonstrated by successful engagements with organisations like Crown Commercial Service and Sky, underlines our ability to deliver high-stakes, transformative solutions.