Nobody calls on a quiet day.
Something usually forces it. Find the one that's happening to you, and how I fix it.
The usual triggers
- People
- The person who knew the servers left
- Customers
- A security questionnaire, or a certification
- Software
- Releases past end of life
- Growth
- Client hosting nobody owns; developers doing ops
Pick the one that sounds like you
- 01"Our sysadmin left and nobody knows the servers"
Cover from next week, the knowledge written down, then the hire, or no hire.
The first week, step by step → - 02"A customer sent us a security questionnaire"
Answers backed by servers that really are patched, backed up and monitored.
GUARD review → - 03"We host client sites on boxes nobody owns"
One dashboard across every server, and a monthly report your clients can see.
Hosting for agencies → - 04"Our servers are past end of life"
A planned upgrade path, tested on staging, done in a maintenance window.
Upgrades and migrations → - 05"Our developers are doing ops"
A part-time infrastructure lead who owns the servers, so your team ships product.
For software teams → - 06"We need ISO 27001 or Cyber Essentials evidence"
The server-side controls kept current every month, not rushed before the audit.
ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials → - 07"Our cloud bill keeps going up"
The bill read line by line, the waste cut safely, the savings shown month by month.
Cloud cost optimisation →
Tell me what you're running.
A 15-minute call. You describe the servers; I tell you whether I can help and what it would cost.