Cloud Development

Building for Scale, Reliability, and the Future

The shift to cloud is no longer a question of if, but how. Whether you are migrating an existing on-premises system or building something entirely new, the decisions you make around architecture, platform, and deployment strategy will shape the performance and cost profile of your application for years to come.

At Dev Team Solutions, we have been delivering cloud-based solutions on Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS for organisations of all sizes. From high-availability platforms serving thousands of concurrent users to lean serverless applications that scale to zero when idle, we design cloud infrastructure that matches the real demands of your business — not a theoretical ideal.

Azure and AWS Expertise

We work across both major cloud platforms, and we are candid about which is the better fit for a given project. For teams already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem — running .NET applications, SQL Server databases, and Azure DevOps pipelines — Azure is often the natural choice. For workloads that benefit from the breadth of AWS services or need to integrate with existing Amazon infrastructure, we are equally comfortable working within that environment.

Our cloud development capabilities include:

• Cloud migration planning — Assessing your current systems, identifying dependencies, and building a phased migration roadmap that minimises risk and disruption.
• Cloud-native application development — Designing applications from the ground up to take full advantage of managed services, containers, and serverless compute.
• Auto-scaling and high availability — Configuring infrastructure that responds dynamically to demand, ensuring your users get consistent performance during peak periods without over-provisioning during quiet ones.
• Infrastructure as code — Using tools like Terraform and ARM templates to define your environments in version-controlled configuration, making deployments repeatable and auditable.

DevOps and Continuous Delivery

Cloud infrastructure is only as good as the processes you use to deploy and manage it. We build CI/CD pipelines through Azure DevOps that automate testing, build, and deployment, reducing the time between writing code and delivering value to your users. Containerisation with Docker gives us consistent, portable environments from development through to production, eliminating the “it works on my machine” problem entirely.

Keeping Costs Under Control

One of the most common concerns we hear from organisations considering the cloud is cost. It is a valid concern — without careful management, cloud spending can spiral. We build cost optimisation into every project from the outset:

• Right-sizing compute resources based on actual usage patterns
• Implementing auto-scaling policies that scale down as well as up
• Selecting appropriate storage tiers and retention policies
• Setting up budgets, alerts, and regular cost reviews

Our clients at organisations like Network Rail and RNIB depend on platforms that are both high-performing and financially sustainable. We take that responsibility seriously.

Experience With High-Traffic Platforms

We have hands-on experience hosting and managing platforms that handle significant traffic volumes and complex data processing workloads. That practical knowledge informs every architectural decision we make — from database replication strategies to CDN configuration and caching layers.

If you are weighing up a cloud migration or planning a new cloud-native application, we would welcome the chance to talk through your requirements. Our team in Dolgellau has been solving these problems for over 25 years, and we are always happy to share what we have learned.