Managed Cloud Services
You need someone to manage cloud spend, security and performance after your move to Azure, AWS or GCP.
By the Numbers
Migrated to Office 365 in 30 days while meeting EU GDPR requirements
Less On-Prem Legacy IT after migrating Peloton’s WellView application to AWS using Amazon AppStream 2.0.
saved by a self-service quoting portal using a Power Apps rules engine paired with Azure-hosted infrastructure
Sound Familiar?
You Migrated to the Cloud, but No One Is Watching Spend, Security, or Performance
Migration is a project with an end date. Optimization isn’t. Once the migration team moves on, someone still needs to watch costs, security, and performance.
You Don’t Have a Dedicated FinOps Analyst, and Cloud Costs Keep Climbing
Idle compute, oversized instances, and unused resources add up quickly. Somebody has to look for them every month, and right now that somebody may be nobody.
Your IT Team Is Stretched Too Thin for Cloud Governance
Security, infrastructure, applications, and help desk work already compete for your team’s attention. Most mid-market teams can’t hire a cloud architect, security analyst, and FinOps specialist all at once.
Why Sparkhound for Your Managed Cloud Services
Deep on the Platform You Already Run
Cloud management built around your existing cloud, identity, and workload footprint, not a one-size-fits-all approach spread thin across every hyperscaler.
Cloud Management and Security in 1 Place
Cloud operations and cloud security work together, so cost optimization and security posture aren’t handled by disconnected teams. Sparkhound’s managed security practice is backed by an Arctic Wolf partnership.
Right-Sized for Mid-Sized Organizations
Senior talent leads the work at a scope and price that fits your requirements, without the overhead of an enterprise-scale managed services contract.
How We Help
Managed cloud services keep your cloud environment monitored, secure, and aligned with the way you use it.
Cloud Migration and Architecture Design
Structured migration planning that covers discovery, assessment, and implementation, so nothing gets skipped on the way to production.
Cloud Cost Optimization
Rightsizing, idle-resource elimination, and committed-use discounts that target the largest sources of cloud waste first.
Cloud Security Posture Management
Misconfiguration detection, IAM remediation, and encryption baseline enforcement across your environment.
Cloud Management Services
24/7 observability across your cloud environment, so anomalies get caught before they become incidents.
Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery
Recovery point and recovery time planning by workload tier, with regional risk factored into the plan instead of treated as an afterthought.
Managed Cloud Services for Your Tech Stack
How We Work
Step 1: Assess Your Environment
A review of your current cloud footprint, spend, and security posture before any recommendations, so the plan matches what you actually run.
Step 2: Build the Optimization and Governance Plan
Cost, security, and disaster recovery work sequenced together, with recovery point and recovery time objectives set for each workload tier.
Step 3: Run the FinOps Cycle
A continuous cycle of informing, optimizing, and operating: visibility through tagging and cost allocation, then rightsizing and idle-resource elimination, followed by tracking against business goals.
Step 4: Review and Adjust Every Quarter
Regular reviews of utilization data and disaster recovery plans, so optimization and recovery readiness don’t become once-a-year tasks.
What Our Clients Say
We needed a flexible partner who could respond and adapt to our needs. Sparkhound has exceeded our expectations every step of the way.
Eric Abrams, IT Manager, Noble Energy
Case Studies
A National Alcohol Distributor
Process and task mining identified where manual order entry was consuming staff time, then eliminated it with a purpose-built workflow that cut manual order-entry time by 97%.
A Customer Quoting Portal
A Power Apps rules engine paired with Azure-hosted infrastructure gave a client a self-service quoting portal projected to save up to $100,000.
Offshore Drilling Operations
A custom .NET application that aggregated operational data across offshore rigs shipped 4 weeks ahead of schedule.
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Book a Call With a Cloud ExpertFrequently Asked Questions About Managed Cloud Services
What Are Managed Cloud Services?
Managed cloud services are the ongoing operation of a cloud environment after migration. They typically include monitoring, cost optimization, security posture management, backup, disaster recovery, and day-to-day cloud administration.
What Is a Cloud Managed Service Provider?
A cloud managed service provider is a company that operates and supports a client’s cloud environment under an ongoing agreement. The provider may manage monitoring, costs, security, identity, backup, recovery, and cloud infrastructure operations.
What Is the Difference Between Managed Cloud Services and Cloud Migration Services?
Cloud migration services move workloads, data, and applications into the cloud. Managed cloud services operate, secure, monitor, optimize, and support that environment after the move is complete.
What Is the Difference Between Managed Cloud and Self-Managed Cloud?
Managed cloud means a provider handles ongoing cloud operations, such as monitoring, cost management, security, and recovery planning. Self-managed cloud means your internal team owns those responsibilities.
How Much Cloud Spend Is Typically Wasted Without Active Management?
Cloud spend is often wasted on idle resources, oversized virtual machines, unused storage, and unused reservations. Active cloud cost management identifies those resources, assigns accountability, and adjusts spending as workloads change.
Does Managed Cloud Include Cloud Security?
Managed cloud services can include cloud security posture management, including misconfiguration detection, identity and access management remediation, encryption controls, and security monitoring. The exact security scope should be defined in the service agreement.
Does Managed Cloud Include Disaster Recovery?
Managed cloud services can include backup and disaster recovery planning. A strong plan defines recovery point objectives and recovery time objectives for each workload, then tests the recovery process on a regular schedule.
How Is Managed Cloud Different From Managed IT?
Managed cloud services focus on cloud infrastructure, cloud costs, cloud security, and cloud-based disaster recovery. Managed IT services cover the broader IT environment, including endpoints, networks, help desk, and on-site support.