Managed Cloud Services.

ANS Managed Cloud Services are perfect for businesses lacking the time or resources for dedicated cloud management. Enjoy seamless 24x7x365 service, alleviating daily operational burdens and allowing your teams to focus on what matters most.

With ANS, we can manage your cloud environment with you, offering as much or as little involvement as you need.

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When might you need managed cloud services?

Our managed cloud services are ideal if your organization is encountering some of the following challenges in managing your cloud environments:

Limited In-house Expertise.

Lack of necessary expertise or resources in-house to handle complex cloud environment.

Cost Optimisation.

Struggling to control costs and optimise spending on cloud resources.

Scalability.

Need to scale cloud resources to meet changing demands.

Security Concerns.

Need to protect data and applications in the cloud against cyber threats and data breaches.

Performance Issues.

Cloud environment is experiencing performance issues or downtime.

Compliance Requirements.

Meeting regulatory compliance requirements from a security, governance, and architecture perspective is a challenge.

Our managed cloud services.

Whether it’s Azure, AWS, or our own eCloud VPC platform, managing your cloud effectively is crucial for getting the most out of it.

Azure Managed Services

As UK’s leading Azure Expert MSP, we help ease the burden of managing Azure environments by acting as an extension of your IT team. We manage, optimize, and protect your Azure environment, with the level of support and knowledge transfer that suits you.

Azure Managed Services

AWS Managed Services

With deep expertise in AWS managed services, we provide comprehensive support for migrating, managing, and optimizing your AWS cloud infrastructure, backed by 24/7/365 proactive UK-based support. Get access to the most advanced processes and best practices.

AWS Managed Services

eCloud VPC

Enjoy the benefits of public cloud such as flexibility & scalability and combine them with the security & simplicity of private cloud. eCloud VPC is an ideal solution for those in the early stages of cloud adoption.

eCloud Virtual Private Cloud

Why choose ANS as your managed cloud service provider?

At ANS, our managed cloud services operate across four key domains, each offering core services designed to enhance technical, financial, and operational efficiency. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional, tailored managed cloud services that enable you to focus on product innovation. With years of experience as a managed cloud service provider we have across various industries and a team of certified engineers, we ensure your cloud environment is consistently optimized and secure.

Co-Managed Cloud Services

Our co-managed service acts as an extension of your IT team, providing expert guidance tailored to your business requirements and customer demands to maximize the benefits of cloud adoption. We ensure best practice and compliance knowledge is transferred to your team wherever possible.

24/7 UK-based Support

Our certified engineers will provide 24/7/365 proactive support, ensuring your cloud environment stays online. Additionally, they will provide up-to-the-minute cost and performance statistics to help you maximize the potential of your cloud platform.

Certifications

With the highest Azure and AWS certifications, we collaborate closely with your team to implement industry best practices and configurations across your cloud platform. This ensures security, compliance, and efficiency in your cloud operations.

Optimization

From optimizing costs, enhancing security to enabling scalability, we ensure that your cloud management meets your business objectives efficiently to unlock the true potential of cloud.

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38%Of SMBs migrated to cloud since 2020.

60%Of SMBs are very satisfied with cloud.

70%Of organisations use Azure for cloud services.

72%Of SMBs agreed cloud solutions can reduce IT costs.

Our managed Cloud expertise

We’ll bridge the cloud skills gap by giving you access to our cloud architects, engineers and security personnel. To leverage the cloud effectively, you need the right workloads in the right place. Our highly experienced teams will carry out every step from assessment to migration to cloud management – so you don’t have to. This allows your in-house team to focus on day-to-day operations or driving new business initiatives.

FAQs - Managed Cloud Services

What is Managed Cloud Services?

Managed Cloud Services refers to the outsourcing of the maintenance and management activities of your Cloud infrastructure to a reliable partner. This includes tasks such as system updates, data backups, automation, monitoring, and identifying cost, security and performance efficiencies.

The Managed Cloud Service partner offers their deep expertise and comprehensive knowledge to oversee cloud environments, ensuring that your infrastructure always stays secure, optimised, and compliant with industry standards. This enables organisations to focus on innovation and drive their business forward without worrying about maintaining in-house cloud management expertise. 

When do I use Managed Cloud Services?

Managed cloud services can be used if you are looking for expert resources to manage your cloud platform and streamline operations, optimise performance, security and costs. This allows your internal IT team to focus on strategic activities rather than Cloud management tasks. These services offer flexibility, allowing you to outsource with as much or as little involvement as you want.

What are the key benefits of partnering with ANS for Managed Cloud Services?

Managed Cloud Services offers expert management of your cloud infrastructure by certified professionals, ensuring optimum performance and availability.

At ANS, unlike other partners, we will proactively work with you to manage and optimise your cloud environment together, be it Azure, AWS or our ANS’ eCloud VPC. ANS Managed Cloud Services gives you four main benefits:  

Expert access: ANS’s cloud experts provide technical support, design guidance, and architecture validation to make the right decisions on your cloud platform.

Technical operations: Get improved insights on how your cloud resources perform with real-time and historical data and predictive analytics.

Financial insights: Our billing insights and budget allocation reports give you control of your cloud costs, assess resource utilisation, and make informed decisions.

Security and governance: We’ll continuously monitor your cloud platform to ensure it’s configured to the latest best practices and has the most up-to-date security measures in place.

What is the difference between managed and unmanaged cloud services?

Managed cloud services offer comprehensive management of cloud infrastructure by an expert partner, including maintenance, security, and support, freeing businesses from technical burdens.

Unmanaged cloud services, on the other hand, require businesses to self-manage their cloud infrastructure, which demands technical know-how and dedicated IT resources, which can often be costly. The choice between these services depends on a company’s capacity to handle IT operations, its budget and its preference for control.

What should I look for in a managed cloud service provider?

When selecting a MSP, prioritize those with a strong reputation, track record, and has certified experts in your cloud platforms. Look for robust security measures, proactive support, and a steadfast commitment to customer satisfaction to ensure your cloud infrastructure is expertly managed and optimized.

ANS has proven track record of successfully managing projects across diverse industries, and positive customer feedback speaks volumes about our capabilities. Read the customer testimonial from FRISS, the leading provider of Trust Automation solutions for P&C insurers, about how our Azure managed cloud services helped them achieve their desired goal.

What challenges can ANS help address with our managed cloud services?

Some of the common challenges we can help you with:
• We need to control costs across our environment but we’re struggling to recruit or maintain a team with the right skillset.
• Our skills in cloud aren’t strong enough – we need people who understand multiple areas of technology to help bind it all together into a seamless supported solution.
• Our business requires 24x7x365 service level, but how can we achieve this without our own follow the sun support?
• We have the internal teams and skills but want to offload them of remedial tasks and day to day operations so they can focus on higher value activities.
• I want my developers to be able to innovate but have concerns around the governance of the environment.
• How do we govern change and advisory for our cloud platform policy?
• I need a partner to develop a bespoke digital product and deliver it back to me under a SaaS model with SLAs around the service.

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A diverse range of clients have placed their trust in ANS for expert cloud managed services. With a proven track record of delivering seamless cloud solutions tailored to each customers unique needs, ANS has become the go-to partner for businesses to harness the power of the cloud.