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Blueprints we have built before, sized, costed and documented

A solution is not a product list. Each of these is an architecture we have delivered repeatedly, with a known bill of materials, a known deployment sequence and a known set of things that go wrong if you skip a step.

Blueprint 01 · Infrastructure

Hybrid cloud platform

Keep regulated and latency-sensitive workloads on premises, push burst and disposable workloads to Azure or AWS, and manage both from one place, without two operating models and two teams.

  • Hyper-converged core

    Three-node minimum with all-flash storage and 25 GbE fabric, scaling one node at a time as demand grows.

  • Governed cloud landing zone

    Subscription structure, naming, tagging, budgets and guardrails set before the first workload lands.

  • One identity, one policy

    Hybrid Entra ID with conditional access applied consistently on both sides of the boundary.

Typical sizingMid-market
Compute3 nodes · 2×24 cores each144 cores
Usable storageAll-flash, RF2 protected80 TB
FabricRedundant leaf switches25 GbE
DeploymentDesign to production6–10 weeks
Blueprint 02 · Security

Zero-trust security stack

The flat network with one firewall at the edge is how most of the incidents we respond to became total losses. This blueprint replaces implicit trust with verified access at every layer.

  • Segment, then inspect

    Users, servers, OT, guests and management on separate zones with inter-zone traffic through an inspecting firewall.

  • Identity as the perimeter

    MFA everywhere, conditional access by device posture and location, privileged access separated from daily accounts.

  • Assume breach, watch for it

    EDR on every endpoint feeding a SIEM watched 24/7, with containment authority agreed before an incident, not during.

Control coverage Monitored
PerimeterNGFW HA pair · IPS · SSL inspectionActive/passive
EndpointEDR/XDR agent coverage100%
Email & identityAnti-phishing · DMARC · MFAEnforced
Median detectionSOC alert to analyst triage< 10 min
Blueprint 03 · Resilience

Backup & disaster recovery

Built to the 3-2-1-1-0 rule: three copies, two media, one off-site, one immutable or air-gapped, and zero errors on restore verification. The last number is the one everybody skips.

  • Immutable primary repository

    Hardened Linux repository or object storage with retention locks that survive a compromised backup admin account.

  • Off-site and DR site

    Replicated copy in a second location with pre-staged compute so a failover is a decision, not a construction project.

  • Verified restores, on a schedule

    Automated sandbox restore testing every week and a full documented DR drill every quarter, with a report you can show an auditor.

Recovery targetsTier 1 workloads
RPOMaximum data loss window15 min
RTODeclared failover to service up< 60 min
ImmutabilityRetention lock period14 days
Restore verificationAutomated sandbox testWeekly
Blueprint 04 · Workplace

Modern workplace on Microsoft 365

Migration is the easy half. The value is in a tenant that is governed, secured and licensed correctly on the day the last mailbox lands, and stays that way afterwards.

  • Migration without the Monday storm

    Staged mailbox and file moves with coexistence, cutover out of hours and floor-walking support on the first working day.

  • Managed devices

    Intune enrolment, compliance policies, application deployment and autopilot provisioning for new starters.

  • Governance and retention

    Teams and SharePoint lifecycle, external sharing defaults, retention labels, and third-party backup of the tenant.

Migration profile3,200 users
Mailboxes movedOver two weekends3,200
File dataHome drives to OneDrive46 TB
MFA adoptionAt end of rollout week99.4%
Licence savingAfter SKU right-sizing-22%
Blueprint 05 · Facilities

Smart & safe building

Surveillance, access, attendance and guest experience on one converged network and one management platform, so security, HR and facilities are not each running a separate island.

  • IP CCTV with analytics

    Line crossing, intrusion zones, people counting and ANPR, with retention sized to your policy rather than guessed.

  • Access control & attendance

    Card, PIN and biometric readers, anti-passback, visitor management and payroll-ready attendance export.

  • Guest & tenant experience

    IPTV, digital signage, public address and hospitality Wi-Fi with PMS integration and room-level billing.

Reference deploymentMixed-use tower
Cameras4 MP and 8 MP IP, PoE340
Controlled doorsCard + biometric96
Video retentionMotion + continuous mix90 days
Wi-Fi access pointsGuest + staff SSIDs210
Blueprint 06 · Distributed sites

Branch, remote site & edge kit

A repeatable, pre-built site package for organisations that keep opening locations such as branches, clinics, camps, rigs and project offices, where sending an engineer for a week is not an option.

  • Shipped ready to power on

    Firewall, switch, APs, UPS and NVR pre-racked, pre-configured and burn-in tested in our lab before it leaves.

  • Connectivity that survives Iraq

    Primary fibre or microwave with LTE and VSAT fallback, and automatic failover that does not need a phone call.

  • Power-independent options

    Extended-runtime UPS, generator interface and solar-assisted configurations for sites without reliable grid supply.

Standard site packageUp to 60 users
Time to liveFrom delivery on site< 1 day
UplinksFibre + LTE + VSAT optionTriple
UPS runtimeAt full site load45 min
Managed fromCentral NOC dashboardDay one
Blueprint 07 · Applications

Business applications & ERP

Finance, inventory, procurement, HR and payroll on one system that reflects how your business actually operates, with the integrations that stop your team re-keying the same data three times.

  • Process first, software second

    Workshops to map current process and agree the target before configuration starts. It is the phase most projects skip and later regret.

  • Integrated, not islanded

    APIs into attendance, POS, banking, telephony and warehouse systems so the ERP is the single source of truth.

  • Reporting people will use

    Role-based dashboards for management, finance and operations, in Arabic or Kurdish where the users need it.

Typical scopePhase 1
Modules liveFinance, inventory, purchasing3
Named usersAcross three entities180
IntegrationsAttendance, POS, banking5
Go-liveFrom kickoff14 weeks
Blueprint 08 · Operations

Monitoring & observability

If your users tell you the network is down before your tools do, you do not have monitoring, you have a dashboard. This blueprint fixes the difference.

  • Everything in one place

    Switches, routers, firewalls, servers, hypervisors, UPS, cooling, circuits and key applications on a single NMS.

  • Alerts that mean something

    Tuned thresholds, dependency suppression and escalation chains, so a core outage is one page and not four hundred.

  • Reporting that drives budget

    Monthly availability, capacity and lifecycle reporting you can take straight into a management or board meeting.

Operational baseline Live
Monitored devicesAcross all sites1,240
Polling intervalCritical infrastructure60 s
Alert noiseAfter tuning programme-71%
ReportingAvailability & capacity packMonthly

Which of these is closest to what you need?

Send us the shape of the problem. We will come back with the blueprint that fits, what it would cost, and what we would change about it for your environment.