KTree

ServicesWeb applications

We move your applications, databases and files to the cloud, and run them there.

For businesses whose systems still sit on their own servers or in a rented data centre, with ageing hardware, no tested recovery plan and a VPN that remote staff struggle with. KTree is an AWS partner. We plan the move, carry it out in stages and look after the systems afterwards.

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From our clients

An Italian pharma company brought KTree in to make their web applications fast.

What you get

What we hand over

  1. 01

    A cloud environment sized for what you use

    A private network in your own cloud account, with a secure VPN link for your offices, load balancing, and servers that are added when traffic rises and removed when it falls. Development, test and production are kept apart.

  2. 02

    Applications, databases and files moved across

    Each application is moved and tested in turn. Databases go to a managed database service, documents and media go to cloud storage, and static files are served through a CDN, a network that delivers them from a location near the user.

  3. 03

    Backups and a recovery plan

    Scheduled backups, and a second copy of the systems in another zone or another cloud, so one failure does not stop the business. For one client the same set of servers on AWS was planned to be repeated on Azure for disaster recovery.

  4. 04

    A release pipeline, monitoring and support

    CI/CD, an automated pipeline that tests and deploys each change. Infrastructure as code: the servers and networks are described in files, so the setup can be repeated and reviewed. Monitoring with alerts, security settings for who can reach what, and a support plan after the move. The cloud accounts stay in your name.

How it works

Assessed first, moved in stages, watched afterwards

Copying each server as it is tends to give a large bill and the same old problems. We look at what each system needs first, move them one at a time, and change the ones where a change pays.

  1. 1The network comes first. A VPN joins the cloud to your existing servers, so systems that have moved and systems that have not can still reach each other. We did this for a US automotive company while moving its applications from its data centre to AWS.
  2. 2Each environment is rebuilt in the cloud and tested before users are switched over, with a load balancer in front and automatic scaling behind it.
  3. 3Where it pays, a part is changed during the move: packed into containers (a standard package that runs the same on any server), or rewritten as serverless functions, code that runs only when called, so there is no server to keep running or patch.
  4. 4After the move, metrics and alerts show a problem early. We review usage and resize or switch off what is not needed, so the bill follows real use.

Your options

Your options, compared honestly

  • Alternative

    Another hardware refresh

    Keeps everything where it is and under your own control, and it can be right when rules require data on your premises. It is a large payment up front, and the risks of one site, one power supply and one set of disks stay the same.

  • Alternative

    Moving it yourself, server for server

    The fastest way into the cloud if your team has the time. Servers copied one for one are usually larger than needed and run all day, which is where surprising cloud bills come from.

  • Alternative

    One vendor’s complete suite

    Replacing your systems with a single vendor’s hosted products removes the servers altogether. It suits standard processes. The move then means changing how you work, and leaving later is hard.

  • With KTree

    A staged move with KTree

    One engineering team assesses, moves and then runs the systems, and rebuilds the parts where that pays, at a fixed price when the scope is clear. The cloud accounts, the code and the data are yours.

Problems we have already solved

Not praise. The problem, what we built, and what changed.

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Technology

What we build it with

Ways to work with us

A project, a team, or support for what you already run

Project

We build it end to end

A defined scope, delivered in releases you can test. We own delivery from discovery to go-live.

Best for a new system or a rebuild

Dedicated team

Our engineers, your roadmap

Odoo, React, Node, React Native, AWS and PHP engineers who work as part of your team, month by month.

Best for a product that keeps growing

Support

Keep it running

Maintenance, upgrades and urgent fixes for ERP, web and cloud systems, including ones we did not build.

Best for a system already live

Industries

Where we have done this

Related reading

From our engineers

Before you ask

Questions about Move to the cloud

Short, straight answers. Anything else, ask in the form below and an engineer will reply.

Will our systems be down during the move?

We plan for very little. Each system is built and tested in the cloud while the old one keeps running, and the switch is made at a quiet time you agree to. If a system needs a short stop for the final data copy, you know the date and the length in advance.

Will the cloud cost less than our own servers?

Often, but only if it is sized properly. You pay for what runs, so servers that scale down at night and parts moved to serverless functions cost less than machines sized for the busiest day. One US client reported an overall cost benefit of about 20 to 30 percent after moving a workload to AWS.

AWS or Azure?

Most of our cloud work is on AWS, and KTree is an AWS partner. Azure makes sense when your business already runs on Microsoft, and we have connected the two clouds for a client. We recommend one after seeing what you run.

Who owns the cloud account?

You do. The account is opened in your company’s name, you see every bill, and our engineers work in it with access you can remove at any time.

Do you look after the systems after the move?

Yes. Under a support plan we monitor the systems, apply updates, manage backups and handle urgent fixes. We also support cloud systems we did not build.

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  1. 1An engineer reads it. Not a sales desk.
  2. 2A short call. To understand the scope and what you run today.
  3. 3A written estimate. Scope, team and timeline on paper.
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