Public Cloud
Migration, Security & Management
Your AWS bill went from $3,000 to $14,000 and nobody can explain why. Your Azure environment was configured by a developer who needed it working fast, not secure. Your “cloud migration” was a lift-and-shift that tripled your costs. You have apps in Azure, AWS, M365, and 4 SaaS platforms and nobody manages any of them.
Technijian provides managed public cloud across Azure, AWS, and Microsoft 365: cloud-native migration (not lift-and-shift), cost optimization (40% avg savings), Zero Trust security hardening, hybrid and multi-cloud architecture, and 24/7 management.
Sound Familiar?
If any of these describe your cloud environment, you need Technijian.
Your AWS bill went from $3,000 to $14,000 in 6 months and nobody can explain why
Your developer spun up ‘temporary’ EC2 instances 4 months ago that are still running. There are 8 unattached EBS volumes costing $400/month for data nobody needs. You’re paying for 3 reserved instances for servers you decommissioned. Your S3 buckets have no lifecycle policies — 6 TB of logs from 2 years ago are sitting in Standard tier at $0.023/GB when they should be in Glacier at $0.004/GB. Your RDS instance is way oversized — db.r5.2xlarge ($1,200/mo) for a database that peaks at 15% CPU. Nobody monitors this. Your cloud provider set it up and disappeared. Your CFO wants answers you don’t have.
Your Azure environment has no security — your cloud is wide open
Your Azure subscription was configured by a developer who needed it working fast, not secure. The result: storage accounts with public blob access enabled (your backups are internet-accessible), no Network Security Groups on VMs (all ports open), the admin account uses the same password as the CEO’s LinkedIn, no MFA on Azure Portal access, no Azure Security Center / Defender for Cloud enabled, VMs running Windows Server 2016 with 14 months of unpatched vulnerabilities, and diagnostic logs aren’t enabled so when (not if) a breach occurs, there’s no forensic trail. Your ‘cloud-first’ strategy has created an attack surface larger than your old on-premise environment.
Your ‘cloud migration’ was a lift-and-shift that made everything worse
Your previous IT provider ‘migrated you to the cloud.’ What they actually did: took your on-premise servers and moved them to Azure VMs with identical specs. Your file server is now an Azure VM running Windows Server with shared folders — not SharePoint. Your SQL database is running on a VM — not Azure SQL or RDS. Your email server is an Exchange VM — not Microsoft 365. You’re paying cloud compute prices for on-premise architecture. Performance is worse because of network latency. Your monthly cost tripled. And you still have single points of failure because nobody architected for cloud-native high availability. You got the cloud bill without any of the cloud benefits.
You have apps in Azure, AWS, M365, and 4 SaaS platforms and nobody manages any of them
Your ERP vendor put your system on AWS. Your developer built a web app on Azure. Email and productivity are on Microsoft 365. You use Salesforce, QuickBooks Online, Dropbox, and Zoom. Each platform was set up independently by whoever needed it. There’s no SSO — every employee has 8 different logins. There’s no centralized identity. Security policies are different everywhere. Nobody has visibility into total cloud spend across all platforms. When your Salesforce admin left, nobody could access the admin account for 3 weeks. Your cloud strategy is accidental — and it’s creating security gaps, cost waste, and operational chaos.
Typical Cloud Deployment vs. Technijian
❌ Typical Cloud Situation
✓ Technijian Cloud Management
Cloud Platforms We Manage
Unified management across Azure, AWS, M365, and your SaaS ecosystem.
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft 365
- SaaS & Multi-Cloud Integration
SaaS & Multi-Cloud Integration
Most businesses run 5-15 SaaS platforms alongside Azure, AWS, and M365: Salesforce, HubSpot, QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Zoom, Slack, Dropbox, Box, and industry-specific applications. Each creates an identity silo, a security gap, and an unmanaged cost line. Technijian unifies SaaS management through centralized identity (SSO via Entra ID), consistent security policies, and cost visibility across every cloud platform.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is the cloud platform most businesses interact with daily — email, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive. But M365 is far more than productivity: it’s your identity platform (Entra ID), your security platform (Defender), your compliance platform (Purview), and increasingly your AI platform (Copilot). Technijian manages M365 as a core cloud service, not an afterthought.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS is the world’s largest public cloud and the platform of choice for many SaaS applications, web services, and developer-driven workloads. When your ERP vendor hosts on AWS, when your development team builds on Lambda and DynamoDB, or when specific AWS services are the best technical fit, Technijian manages your AWS environment with the same rigor we bring to Azure.
Microsoft Azure
Azure is Technijian’s primary public cloud platform and the natural choice for businesses already using Microsoft 365. Deep integration between M365, Entra ID, and Azure means your identity, security, and compliance policies extend seamlessly from email and collaboration into cloud infrastructure.
The Real Cost of Cloud: Why Your Bill Tripled After Migration (and How to Fix It)
Cloud computing promises cost savings, but for most SoCal businesses, the first year in the cloud is more expensive than what they were paying on-premise. The reason: cloud economics work differently than on-premise economics, and most IT providers don’t understand the difference. On-premise: you buy a server for $8,000, it runs for 5 years, the monthly cost is effectively $133 plus power and maintenance. Cloud: you spin up a comparable VM for $400/month. Over 5 years: $24,000. Cloud is 3x more expensive for a workload that runs 24/7 on a static VM. The lift-and-shift that most providers sell is literally the most expensive way to use the cloud.
Cloud saves money when you use it correctly: right-size resources (that $400/month VM running at 8% CPU average should be a $150/month VM), schedule non-production environments (dev and test servers running 24/7 cost $4,800/year each — schedule them off nights and weekends and save $3,120/year per server), use managed services instead of VMs (Azure SQL costs 40-60% less than running SQL Server on a VM, and you eliminate OS patching, backups, and HA configuration), use serverless for event-driven workloads (Azure Functions/Lambda cost fractions of a cent per execution vs. a VM running idle 95% of the time), purchase reserved instances for steady-state workloads (1-year commitment saves 30%, 3-year saves 50%), and implement storage lifecycle policies (data accessed once per year costs $23/TB/month in S3 Standard but $4/TB/month in Glacier).
Technijian’s cloud FinOps approach: during onboarding, we audit every resource across every cloud account. We build a resource-by-resource optimization plan with projected savings. We implement changes (right-sizing, scheduling, reserved instances, storage tiering, orphaned resource deletion) with your approval. Then we monitor monthly: new cost reports, new optimization opportunities, anomaly detection for spending spikes. Average result: 40% cloud spend reduction within 90 days. For a company spending $15,000/month on cloud: that’s $72,000/year in savings. Our management fee pays for itself multiple times over. The companies that overspend on cloud are the ones without ongoing cost management — cloud costs drift upward by default unless someone is actively optimizing.
Cloud Security: Why ‘It’s in the Cloud So It’s Secure’ Is the Most Dangerous Assumption in IT
The most common misconception in IT: ‘We moved to the cloud so our data is secure.’ Cloud providers (Microsoft, Amazon, Google) secure their infrastructure — the physical data centers, the hypervisor layer, the network backbone. Everything above that — your virtual machines, your storage accounts, your databases, your identity configuration, your network security rules, your data — is your responsibility. This is the shared responsibility model, and it applies to Azure, AWS, and every cloud platform.
The most common cloud security failures we find in SoCal business environments: Azure Storage accounts with public blob access enabled (meaning anyone on the internet can read your backups and file shares — we’ve found this in 30%+ of Azure tenants we assess), Azure and AWS VMs with all ports open to the internet (no Network Security Groups or security group rules), admin accounts without MFA (one phished password = full cloud compromise), overprivileged IAM roles (developers with full admin access because ‘it was easier’), no audit logging enabled (Azure Activity Log, CloudTrail — when a breach happens, there’s no forensic evidence), no encryption configuration (Azure and AWS encrypt by default now, but customer-managed keys and in-transit encryption are often missing), and no cloud security posture management (nobody reviewing Defender for Cloud or Security Hub recommendations).
Technijian implements Zero Trust cloud security across every managed environment. The principle: never trust, always verify. Every access request is authenticated and authorized regardless of where it originates. Implementation: Entra ID as the centralized identity provider for all cloud and SaaS platforms (one identity, one MFA, one Conditional Access policy set), network segmentation in every cloud environment (databases in private subnets with no internet access, admin interfaces behind VPN/bastion hosts, web-facing resources behind WAF), least-privilege access (RBAC roles scoped to specific resources, no standing admin access — Privileged Identity Management for just-in-time elevation), continuous monitoring (Defender for Cloud, GuardDuty, audit logging, SIEM integration), and data protection (encryption at rest and in transit, DLP policies, sensitivity labels). The cost of cloud security through Technijian: included in managed cloud services. The cost of a cloud breach: $4.45 million average in 2023.
Public Cloud vs. Private Cloud vs. Hybrid: Which Architecture Is Right for Your SoCal Business?
There is no universal ‘right answer’ for cloud architecture. The right approach depends on your workloads, compliance requirements, budget, and operational maturity. Here’s how Technijian evaluates each option for SoCal businesses. Public cloud (Azure, AWS) is right for: email and productivity (M365), web applications and customer-facing services, development and testing environments, burstable workloads (seasonal traffic, batch processing), SaaS-delivered applications, and disaster recovery (cloud DR is dramatically cheaper than building a secondary data center). Public cloud advantages: no capital expenditure, infinite scalability, managed services reduce operational burden, geographic redundancy built-in.
Private cloud (Technijian’s My Private Cloud or on-premise infrastructure) is right for: applications with consistent, predictable resource requirements (ERP, databases), latency-sensitive workloads that need to be close to users or equipment (manufacturing MES, real-time data), compliance-restricted data that cannot leave a controlled environment (some ITAR and defense applications), and workloads where public cloud economics don’t work (24/7 high-compute workloads that are cheaper to run on owned hardware). Technijian’s My Private Cloud provides dedicated infrastructure with cloud-like management: 99.99% uptime SLA, managed patching, monitoring, and backup, without the variable costs and shared infrastructure of public cloud.
Hybrid cloud is the reality for most SoCal businesses: M365 and SaaS in public cloud, line-of-business applications on private cloud or on-premise, DR and backup in public cloud, dev/test in public cloud (spin up and tear down as needed), and customer-facing web services in public cloud. Technijian architects hybrid environments with: site-to-site VPN or ExpressRoute connecting on-premise/private cloud to Azure/AWS, hybrid identity (on-premise Active Directory synced to Entra ID), consistent security policies across all environments, centralized monitoring covering on-premise, private cloud, Azure, AWS, and M365, and a clear technology roadmap for which workloads should migrate to cloud over time (not everything at once, but with a plan). The right cloud strategy starts with understanding your workloads — not with a vendor pushing a platform.
Our 6-Phase Cloud Onboarding
Assess → Secure → Migrate → Optimize → Protect → Manage
Week 1-2
Cloud Assessment & Strategy
Comprehensive audit of your current environment: on-premise infrastructure inventory (servers, storage, networking, applications), existing cloud environments (Azure, AWS, M365, SaaS — configuration, security, cost), application dependency mapping (what talks to what, latency requirements, data gravity), compliance requirements by workload (HIPAA, PCI, CMMC, SOC 2, CCPA), network architecture and bandwidth (ISP capacity, SD-WAN readiness for cloud connectivity), and total cost of ownership analysis (on-premise vs cloud vs hybrid for each workload). Output: Cloud Strategy Report with recommended platform per workload, migration priority, architecture design, cost projections, and timeline.
Weeks 6-8
Cost Optimization & Governance
Once workloads are running in cloud, optimize costs and implement governance: right-size VMs and instances (most are over-provisioned by 40-60%), implement auto-scaling for variable workloads, schedule non-production resources (dev/test environments off nights and weekends saves 65%), purchase reserved instances or savings plans for steady-state workloads (30-40% savings over on-demand), implement storage lifecycle policies (hot to cool to archive based on access patterns), delete orphaned resources (unattached disks, unused IPs, empty resource groups), implement tagging standards (cost allocation by department, project, environment), set budget alerts and spending anomaly detection, and establish cloud governance policies (who can create resources, approval workflows, naming conventions).
Weeks 2-3
Identity & Security Foundation
Before migrating anything, establish the security foundation: Entra ID as your centralized identity provider (SSO for Azure, AWS, M365, and all SaaS platforms through SAML/OIDC), MFA enforcement on all cloud access, Conditional Access policies (device compliance, location-based, risk-based sign-in), RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) in Azure and AWS (least privilege — developers don’t need admin, admins don’t need billing), network security architecture (VNet/VPC design, NSG/security group rules, private endpoints for PaaS services), and logging and monitoring baseline (Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, audit logs enabled from day one — not after a breach). This foundation applies to every workload migrated afterward.
Weeks 8-10
Backup, DR & Compliance
Cloud-native backup and disaster recovery: Azure Backup and/or AWS Backup for all cloud workloads, third-party M365 backup (Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams), cross-region replication for critical workloads (Azure Site Recovery, AWS cross-region snapshots), DR testing with documented RTO/RPO per workload, and compliance configuration per industry (HIPAA: encryption, access logging, BAA with cloud providers; PCI-DSS: network segmentation, CDE isolation in dedicated subnets; CMMC/ITAR: GovCloud or commercial with CUI controls; SOC 2: access controls, logging, change management). Immutable backup for ransomware protection across all cloud and M365 data.
Weeks 3-6
Cloud Migration (Phased)
Migrate workloads in priority order based on the strategy assessment. Migration approaches by workload: Rehost (lift-and-shift to cloud VM — only when application can’t be modernized yet), Replatform (move to managed services — SQL Server VM to Azure SQL, self-hosted email to M365, file server to SharePoint/OneDrive), Refactor, Retire , Retain (keep on-premise — latency-sensitive applications, legacy systems with no cloud path, or compliance-restricted workloads connected via VPN/ExpressRoute). Every migration includes: pilot/proof-of-concept, parallel running period, validation testing, DNS/network cutover during maintenance window, post-migration monitoring, and performance baseline.
Ongoing
Managed Cloud Operations
Your entire cloud environment — Azure, AWS, M365, and SaaS — managed by Technijian: 24/7 monitoring of all cloud resources with <15 min response, proactive patching of cloud VMs and managed services, continuous cost optimization (monthly reviews with line-item analysis), security monitoring (Defender for Cloud, GuardDuty, impossible travel, DLP violations), identity management (onboarding provisioning across all platforms, offboarding deprovision same day), monthly reporting (cost trends, security posture score, performance metrics, capacity planning), quarterly strategic reviews (technology roadmap, new Azure/AWS services evaluation, cost projections), vendor management (Microsoft, AWS, ISP, SaaS vendors), and Copilot/AI readiness as new capabilities emerge.
Public Cloud Services
Migration, optimization, security, and management across Azure, AWS, and M365.
Cloud Migration
Cloud Cost Optimization
Cloud Security & Zero Trust
Azure Managed Services
AWS Managed Services
Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Architecture
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Microsoft 365
Migration, security hardening, license optimization, backup, Copilot readiness, SharePoint/Teams governance
AWS
Intranet Solutions
Cloud Management Pricing
Management fees — cloud platform costs (Azure, AWS, M365 licenses) are separate and optimized.
Private Cloud Powers the Full IT Lifecycle
Frequently Asked Questions — Public Cloud
Should my business use Azure or AWS?
For most SoCal businesses using Microsoft 365: Azure is the primary platform because of deep integration with Entra ID (SSO, Conditional Access, MFA extend from M365 to Azure seamlessly), Azure Virtual Desktop, and Azure AD-joined device management. AWS is right when: your ERP or line-of-business application vendor requires it, specific AWS services (like DynamoDB, SageMaker, or specific AI/ML tools) are the best technical fit, or your development team has AWS expertise. Many businesses use both: M365 and infrastructure on Azure, specific vendor-hosted applications on AWS. Technijian manages both and provides unified visibility.
How much can Technijian save on our cloud spend?
Average savings: 40% within 90 days. Common optimizations: right-size VMs/instances (most are 2-4x over-provisioned, saving 40-60% per resource), schedule dev/test environments off nights/weekends (saves 65% on those resources), purchase reserved instances for steady-state workloads (30-40% savings), implement storage lifecycle policies (move infrequently accessed data from hot to cool/archive tiers), and delete orphaned resources (unattached disks, unused IPs, stale snapshots). For a company spending $15,000/month on cloud: $72,000/year in savings. We provide monthly reports with line-item optimization recommendations.
What is the difference between public cloud and private cloud?
Public cloud (Azure, AWS): shared infrastructure managed by Microsoft/Amazon, pay-per-use pricing, infinite scalability, no capital expenditure, managed services. Best for: email (M365), web applications, dev/test, burstable workloads, DR. Private cloud (Technijian’s My Private Cloud or on-premise): dedicated infrastructure, predictable costs, lower latency for on-site users, full control. Best for: ERP with consistent resource needs, latency-sensitive production systems, compliance-restricted data. Most businesses use hybrid: M365 + SaaS in public cloud, line-of-business apps on private or on-premise, DR in public cloud. Technijian architects the right mix for your workloads.
Is our data secure in the cloud?
Cloud is not inherently secure. Cloud providers secure their infrastructure (physical data centers, hypervisor, network backbone). Everything above that is your responsibility: VM configurations, storage access controls, network security rules, identity/MFA, logging, patching. We find security issues in 90%+ of unmanaged cloud environments: public storage accounts, open ports, overprivileged IAM, no MFA, disabled logging. Technijian implements Zero Trust: Entra ID as centralized identity, MFA + Conditional Access, network segmentation, Defender for Cloud / GuardDuty threat detection, audit logging, encryption, and DLP. Properly configured cloud is more secure than most on-premise environments.
Does Technijian help with cloud migration from on-premise?
Yes. 500+ workloads migrated with zero-downtime methodology. We assess every workload for the optimal migration approach: rehost (VM lift-and-shift only when necessary), replatform (move to managed services: SQL VM to Azure SQL, file server to SharePoint, Exchange to M365), refactor (rebuild for cloud-native), retire (decommission unused systems), or retain (keep on-premise with hybrid connectivity). Every migration includes assessment, pilot testing, parallel running period, validation, cutover during maintenance window, and post-migration monitoring. We don’t do blind lift-and-shift — that’s the most expensive way to use cloud.
What is hybrid cloud and does my business need it?
Hybrid cloud connects your on-premise or private cloud environment to public cloud (Azure/AWS) through secure VPN or dedicated connectivity (ExpressRoute/Direct Connect). Most SoCal businesses need hybrid because: some applications can’t move to cloud yet (legacy systems, latency-sensitive production equipment, compliance restrictions), but email, collaboration, DR, and new workloads belong in cloud. Technijian implements hybrid with: site-to-site VPN or ExpressRoute, hybrid identity (on-premise AD synced to Entra ID), consistent security across environments, and a roadmap for migrating remaining workloads over time.
How does Technijian manage multi-cloud environments?
Most businesses run Azure (infrastructure) + M365 (productivity) + AWS (vendor-hosted apps) + 5-15 SaaS platforms. Each creates identity silos, security gaps, and cost opacity. Technijian provides unified multi-cloud management: Entra ID as the centralized identity provider (SSO into Azure, AWS, M365, and all SaaS via SAML/OIDC), consistent MFA and Conditional Access across platforms, unified monitoring dashboards, consolidated cost reporting across all cloud spend, centralized onboarding/offboarding (provision or deprovision across all platforms simultaneously), and one support team that understands how everything connects.
Does Technijian support cloud compliance (HIPAA, PCI, CMMC, SOC 2)?
Yes. Cloud compliance is configured as part of managed services: HIPAA (encryption, access logging, BAA with Azure/AWS/M365, PHI handling controls), PCI-DSS (network segmentation, CDE isolation in dedicated subnets, logging, vulnerability scanning), CMMC/ITAR (CUI enclaves in Azure/AWS, GovCloud where required, NIST 800-171 controls), SOC 2 (access controls, change management, logging, monitoring, incident response). Compliance documentation maintained as part of ongoing management. See our dedicated Compliance page for detailed framework methodology.
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