Advise
Cloud strategy, architecture review, migration assessment and cost baseline. You get a target architecture, a dependency and risk map, and a defensible cost model.
zCloud · cloud engineering and managed services
We don't just tell you what's wrong with your cloud. We fix it.
Architecture, migration, 24×7 operations, security, resilience and FinOps, run as one accountable practice on whichever cloud you use. Detection and remediation, in one closed loop.
24×7×365ITIL-alignedSLA-governedAny cloud
Estate health · this month
One estate, one report
- Backups verified Done
- Patch compliance Done
- Posture findings remediated Done
- Cost against budget Now
0 open P1Detected, categorised, remediated
Illustrative screen
The gap
Most cloud tools detect problems and stop at an alert. The fixing stays manual.
Cloud adoption is moving faster than most organisations can secure, govern and afford it. Misconfigurations become attack paths, alerts pile up in ticket queues, and audit evidence is gathered by hand.
$4.45M
Average cost of a data breach
IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, 2023
15–30%
Cost optimisation typically found on the first baseline
Zyanta FinOps practice, typical range
60 min
Recovery time reached, from a 24-hour start
Gland Pharma BCDR engagement
100%
Tagged production resources, as the governance floor
zCloud operating standard
Industrybreach cost
Typicaloptimisation range, not a guarantee
Realdelivered engagement
Standardwhat we hold every estate to
Advise · Build · Operate
Enter at any stage. One senior team stays accountable through all three.
Build
Landing zones, migrations, network and security foundations, Infrastructure-as-Code and data platforms. Governed accounts, secured ingress, repeatable deployment.
Operate
24×7 managed operations: monitoring, patching, backup and DR, SecOps, FinOps and service desk, with monthly service reviews and an improvement backlog.
What we engineer and operate
Six domains, one governance model, on whichever cloud you run.
Landing zones and governance
Multi-account structures with policy guardrails and least-privilege access. Naming, tagging and budget standards. Terraform and native Infrastructure-as-Code.
Network and edge security
Hub-and-spoke architectures with inspection and segmentation. Global edge with CDN and WAF, DDoS protection, private connectivity to on-premises.
Compute and containers
Windows and Linux virtual machines, managed Kubernetes and registries, serverless where it fits. Bastion-only admin access and automated patching.
Data and storage
MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL with high availability, replication and point-in-time recovery. Object, file, block and archival storage with lifecycle policies.
Backup and disaster recovery
Immutable and geo-redundant backup, Veeam for hybrid estates, tiered RPO and RTO design, automated backup verification and scheduled DR drills.
Security and observability
Posture management, threat detection, key and secret lifecycle, encryption everywhere, and unified monitoring with executive dashboards.
How it runs
From detection to resolution, with a human approving anything risky.
- Step 1
Assess
Continuous analysis across every resource in the estate.
- Step 2
Detect
Risk identified with context, within minutes rather than days.
- Step 3
Categorise
Direct fix, or a change that needs stakeholder approval.
- Step 4
Remediate
Fixed with a full audit trail and the cost impact shown first.
- Step 5
Optimise
Cost, performance and posture reviewed every month.
Operating rulehuman approval is mandatory for high-risk production changes
Resilience
Recovery targets are designed per workload, then proven with drills.
Contractual RPO and RTO follow application discovery and a business impact analysis. They are then proven with automated backup verification, scheduled restore tests and DR drills, reported monthly.
Design targetsper tier, before your impact analysis
| Workload tier | Target RPO | Target RTO | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission critical | Near-zero | 1 hr | HA, replication, automated DR |
| Business critical | 15 min | 2 hrs | Replication, warm standby |
| Important | 4 hrs | 8 hrs | Backup and recovery |
| Standard | 24 hrs | 24 hrs | Backup and archive |
FinOps
Cost governance that runs every month, not once a year.
Discover, analyse, optimise, govern, measure: tagging and allocation, anomaly and idle detection, right-sizing, reservations and tiering, budgets and alerts, then forecast against actual every month.
Typical opportunity: 15 to 30 percent on the first baseline, rising to 30 to 40 percent for estates carrying significant legacy or idle capacity.
Typicalranges from our practice; your baseline review gives your figure
More on cloud cost optimisation
Delivered evidence
Gland Pharma cut monthly disaster-recovery spend by 45% and recovery time to 60 minutes.
A global sterile-injectables manufacturer in regulated markets. Hybrid cloud backup and disaster-recovery modernisation, designed and led by Harish Kadiyala, Director, Zyanta.
45%
Reduction in monthly DR expenditure
Hybrid cloud BCDR modernisation
60 min
Mean time to recover
From a starting position of 24+ hours
0
Data-loss incidents
ISO 22301 and GxP mandates met
>60%
Compliance storage cost reduction
Automated archive tiering
Realdelivered engagement; full case study available on request
Managed services scope
What Zyanta owns as your managed service provider, and what it does not.
Virtual machines and containers
Provisioning, configuration, migration, scaling, utilisation monitoring, log management and anti-malware protection.
Storage and managed databases
Object, file, block and archive tiers. Database installation, upgrades, replication, performance tuning and 24×7 troubleshooting.
Network services
Site-to-cloud connectivity, virtual networks, load balancers, DNS, firewalls, monitoring and alerting.
Security operations
Access control, MFA, IPS, IDS and SIEM, DMZ zoning, security patching, risk assessments on a set cadence, incident investigation.
Helpdesk, 24×7×365
Phone, chat and ticketing. Daily health checks, SLA reporting and support for third-party audits.
Disaster recovery
DR site set-up to your RPO and RTO, replication, drills every six months with plans issued 15 working days ahead.
Standing reports
Monitoring, SLA, backup and VM status reports on the agreed cadence. Monthly patching and quarterly compliance reports.
Not included
Application and API development, functional application support, SQL development and tuning for your own applications, application licensing.
Available separately
Application engineering, DXP builds and API development run as separate Zyanta engagements, with clearly separated scopes.
Compliance
Evidence collected continuously, so audits are preparation, not panic.
Delivery follows the major cloud providers' well-architected frameworks, with continuous control validation so drift is caught long before audit time. Frameworks we operate against:
Engagement models
Three ways to work with us.
Fixed scope, senior architect-led
Landing zone builds, migrations, DR implementations and security foundations, handed over with runbooks, IaC and documentation.
24×7, SLA-governed
ITIL-aligned service towers with monthly reviews. A 30, 60, 90 day transition: discover, shadow, then primary support.
Senior architects with your team
Architecture review, governance uplift and cost baseline sprints, on flexible monthly capacity.
ZEdge · managed Vercel and WAF
Running Sitecore or Next.js on Vercel? We run the platform for you.
Pipelines, WAF and bot protection, caching, monitoring and cost tuning, under one SLA.
Questions
What people ask about zCloud.
What is zCloud?
zCloud is Zyanta's cloud practice: cloud architecture, migration, 24x7 managed operations, security operations, backup and disaster recovery, and FinOps, run as one accountable service on whichever cloud you use. Its defining rule is detection plus remediation: issues are fixed, not only reported.
Which cloud platforms does zCloud cover?
zCloud is platform-agnostic. The same governance model, covering tagging, budgets, monitoring, security posture, incident and change management, applies across the major public clouds and hybrid environments, so leadership sees one estate, one SLA report and one cost story.
How is zCloud different from a cloud security tool?
Most tools detect problems and stop at an alert. zCloud closes the loop: continuous scanning finds the issue, it is categorised as a direct fix or an approval-based change, it is remediated with a full audit trail, and the cost impact is visible before action. Human approval is mandatory for high-risk production changes.
How much cloud cost can FinOps save?
The typical opportunity is 15 to 30 percent identified on the first baseline, rising to 30 to 40 percent for estates carrying significant legacy or idle capacity. These are typical ranges from Zyanta's practice, not a guarantee; your baseline review gives the figure for your estate.
What recovery targets do you design for?
Four tiers. Mission critical: near-zero RPO and 1 hour RTO. Business critical: 15 minutes RPO and 2 hours RTO. Important: 4 hours and 8 hours. Standard: 24 hours and 24 hours. Contractual targets follow application discovery and a business impact analysis, then are proven with restore tests and DR drills.
What is not included in managed cloud services?
Application development, API development, functional application support, SQL development and tuning for customer-built applications, integration with other customer products, and application licensing. Those are available from Zyanta as separate engagements with clearly separated scopes.
How do we start?
With a no-cost architecture and cost baseline review. Whether you are planning a migration, rescuing an unmanaged estate or re-tendering managed services, the review gives you a target architecture view and a first cost baseline.
Start the conversation
Start with a no-cost architecture and cost baseline review.
Planning a migration, rescuing an unmanaged estate, or re-tendering managed services: tell us which, and we will come back with a review plan.