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Cloud & infrastructure

Enterprise Infrastructure Experience, Right-Sized for You.

Before starting Kelly IT Solutions, Chris spent 18+ years planning, building, and running infrastructure at enterprise scale — cloud, virtualization, storage, and the hardware underneath it. That same experience now applies to businesses that need it done right, without an enterprise budget or an enterprise-sized team.

Cloud & virtualization

Cloud, on-prem, or both — planned to fit how you actually work.

Whether you're moving workloads to the cloud, consolidating physical servers, or supporting a hybrid setup, the goal is the same: infrastructure that's reliable, secure, and no bigger than it needs to be.

AWS

AWS Cloud Environments

Planning and building environments in Amazon Web Services — compute, networking, and storage designed for how your business actually runs.

  • EC2 instance planning & sizing
  • VPC network design & segmentation
  • S3 storage & backup targets
VM

VMware Virtualization

Virtual infrastructure and virtual desktops built on the platforms enterprises rely on — sized down to fit a smaller server room or a single rack.

  • VMware ESXi host & cluster design
  • Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) virtual desktops
  • Consolidation of aging physical servers
NAS

NAS & Backup Solutions

Storage and backup designed around a real recovery plan — not just a device that happens to hold files.

  • Synology & QNAP NAS deployment
  • HPE Nimble & enterprise storage arrays
  • Veritas NetBackup, Veeam & Cohesity backup planning
HW

Hardware Planning & Procurement

Right-sized hardware decisions, made before you spend the money — not after you've already over- or under-bought.

  • Server & storage right-sizing
  • Vendor & hardware procurement guidance
  • Lifecycle & refresh planning

Where should it actually run?

On-prem, cloud, or hybrid — the right answer depends on your business, not a trend.

A lot of infrastructure advice starts with an answer ("move everything to the cloud") before it asks the question. We start with what your business actually needs: compliance requirements, budget, existing hardware investment, staff comfort level, and how critical uptime really is — then recommend hosting that fits, including keeping things on-prem when that's genuinely the better call.

We help you decide between

  • On-premises: full control, no recurring cloud spend, right when compliance or connectivity demands it
  • Cloud (AWS): lower upfront cost, easier scaling, less physical hardware to maintain
  • Hybrid: critical systems on-prem, backup, disaster recovery, or overflow capacity in the cloud

Platforms & technologies

Hands-on experience with the platforms you're probably already running.

AWS EC2 AWS VPC AWS S3 VMware ESXi Omnissa Horizon (VDI) Veritas NetBackup Veeam Cohesity Synology NAS QNAP NAS HPE Nimble Storage Server & Hardware Procurement

Planning a cloud move, a hardware refresh, or a backup overhaul?

Start with a Cloud & Infrastructure Assessment — a structured review of what you're running today, with a right-sized roadmap for AWS, VMware, or on-prem hardware, before any implementation work is scoped.

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