Cloud and AI assessments that review your current setup and readiness, and tell you what to fix, change or try first.
About Cloud & AI Assessments
A cloud and AI assessment is a structured review of your hosting, applications, data and security, together with an honest look at where AI could help. It ends in ranked findings and recommended actions.
It is a way to decide before committing budget. Findings are written for decision makers, with effort and risk for each item, and you can use the report with us or with another provider.
What is included in Cloud & AI Assessments
The typical building blocks. Scope is agreed with you in writing and tailored to your situation.
Environment inventory
Systems, accounts, data and costs.
Security and resilience review
Access, backups, patching and recovery.
Cost review
Waste and right-sizing opportunities.
AI readiness check
Data, processes and candidate use cases.
Ranked findings
Issues rated by risk and effort.
Recommendations
A short, prioritised action plan.
Why teams choose Cloud & AI Assessments
Know where you stand
A clear picture of risks and gaps.
Spend with confidence
Priorities are ranked.
Portable output
The report is yours.
This is a good fit if
- You are unsure about cloud costs or risk.
- You want to start with AI sensibly.
- You are planning a migration.
Does this sound familiar?
Unclear priorities across IT spend
Vendor sprawl with overlapping tools
No roadmap the leadership team agrees on
Works well with
Other Consulting services that often come with Cloud & AI Assessments.
What this looks like in practice
How it fits together
A typical reference architecture, from your data to the people who use it.
- Layer 1Discovery
- Layer 2Assessment
- Layer 3Roadmap
- Layer 4Governance and review
Technology we typically work with
Six stages, the same every time
You always know which stage you are in and what comes next.
- Stage 1
Discover
Workshops and stakeholder interviews to define goals and constraints.
- Stage 2
Assess
Current-state review of systems, data, security and spend.
- Stage 3
Architect
Target design, integration map and phased plan with owners.
- Stage 4
Implement
Build in short releases with demos, tests and staging sign-off.
- Stage 5
Optimize
Measure against agreed KPIs and tune performance and cost.
- Stage 6
Manage
Monitoring, support and a monthly review with an account manager.
Security and governance
How the work is kept safe and accountable.
- Recommendations documented with assumptions
- Conflicts of interest disclosed
- Outcomes tracked against agreed KPIs
Industries we have worked in
Ways to work together
Scope and price are confirmed in writing by a consultant after discovery.
Assessment
A fixed-scope review that ends in a written roadmap you can keep, with or without us.
- Current-state review
- Ranked priorities
- Written roadmap
Project
Defined scope, milestones and acceptance criteria for building or migrating something specific.
- Phased plan with owners
- Short releases and demos
- Handover and training
Managed
A monthly retainer once it is live: monitoring, support and a regular review.
- Monitoring and backups
- Named account manager
- Monthly review
What clients say about working with us
We needed Cloud & AI Assessments and did not have the time to figure it out ourselves. They asked about our goals before talking about tools. We always knew where things stood.
Our team had tried to sort out Cloud & AI Assessments alone. Questions were answered directly, including the ones about trade-offs. The documents they left behind are still useful.
Our team had tried to sort out Cloud & AI Assessments alone. Every step had an owner and a date, so we always knew what came next. Handover was thorough and our people could run it afterwards.
Choosing a partner for Cloud & AI Assessments was a big decision for us. They told us when something was not a good fit for us. The result was simple to explain to everyone.
We were comparing options for Cloud & AI Assessments. They explained the options in plain words and let us decide. The result was simple to explain to everyone.
Our Cloud & AI Assessments project had stalled before we called Bedre. Communication was steady and honest throughout. We always knew where things stood.
It depends on scope. A timeline is agreed before starting.
No. The report is yours to use as you choose.
Read-only access to relevant systems, agreed in writing.
You do. Domains, cloud accounts and data stay in your name wherever possible.
Usually yes. The Architect stage lists connectors and any limits.
Ready to scope Cloud & AI Assessments?
Tell us the outcome you want. We will bring the plan.