# zCloud: cloud engineering and managed services

zCloud is the cloud practice of Zyanta Digital Solutions LLP. Canonical page: https://www.zyanta.com/cloud/

Architecture, migration, 24x7 operations, security, resilience and FinOps, run as one accountable practice on whichever cloud you use. The defining rule is detection plus remediation: issues are fixed, not only reported.

## Services

- Advise: cloud strategy, architecture review, migration assessment, cost baseline.
- Build: landing zones, migrations, network and security foundations, Infrastructure-as-Code, data platforms.
- Operate: 24x7 managed operations, monitoring, patching, backup and DR, SecOps, FinOps, service desk.

## Capability domains

- Landing zones and governance
- Network and edge security (CDN, WAF, DDoS, private connectivity)
- Compute and containers (VMs, Kubernetes, serverless)
- Data and storage (MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- Backup and disaster recovery
- Security and observability

## Recovery design targets

| Tier | RPO | 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 |

Contractual targets follow a business impact analysis.

## FinOps

Typical opportunity: 15 to 30 percent on the first baseline, rising to 30 to 40 percent for estates with significant legacy or idle capacity. Typical ranges, not a guarantee.

## Delivered evidence: Gland Pharma

Hybrid cloud backup and disaster-recovery modernisation for a global sterile-injectables manufacturer, designed and led by Harish Kadiyala, Director, Zyanta.

- 45% reduction in monthly DR expenditure
- 60 minute mean time to recover, from 24+ hours
- 0 data-loss incidents; ISO 22301 and GxP mandates met
- More than 60% compliance storage cost reduction through archive tiering

## Not included in managed services

Application and API development, functional application support, SQL development and tuning for customer applications, application licensing. Available as separate engagements.

## Compliance frameworks operated against

ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, NIST, ISO 9001, ISO 20000-1, ISO 22301, GxP. ISO 27001 certification is held through Zyanta's partner brand, Techxot.

## Questions and answers

### 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.

Related: ZEdge, managed Vercel and WAF: https://www.zyanta.com/cloud/zedge/index.md

Contact: https://www.zyanta.com/cloud/#contact