Cloud Solutions & Licensing

Strong. Secure. Scalable Smarter on Cost.

Most organizations are overpaying for cloud infrastructure and underusing the licenses they’ve already bought. We fix both. TrueNorth designs, deploys, and optimizes cloud environments that perform at enterprize scale and identifies the cost savings hiding in your current setup.

Where most organisations stand today

Data being actively used for decisions

23%

Data trapped in silos or inaccessible

68%

Organisations with a formal data strategy

31%

“You already have the data. You just can’t get to it fast enough — or trust what it’s telling you.”

The Problem We Solve

Cloud That Costs Less and Does More

Cloud adoption solved a lot of problems. It also created new ones: ballooning infrastructure costs, sprawling license estates, environments that weren’t designed for the workloads now running on them, and security postures that were never properly governed. We bring commercial intelligence to cloud strategy, treating infrastructure as a business asset to be optimized, not just a technical environment to be maintained.

Cloud bills that keep climbing without clear reason

Costs grow month on month, nobody can fully explain why, and the hyperscaler invoice is too complex to interrogate without specialist tooling and expertise.

Licenses bought but never fully used

Enterprise agreements and Microsoft 365 tenants are full of licenses that were procured, assigned, and forgotten. Rightsizing them is straightforward, but only once someone actually looks.

Infrastructure that wasn't designed for current workloads

Environments built two or three years ago for different demands. Oversized in some places, undersized in others, and increasingly expensive to maintain as the gap widens.

Security and governance gaps at scale

As cloud environments grow, so does the attack surface. Permissions sprawl, unencrypted resources, and ungoverned data pipelines create risk that compounds silently over time.

What We Do

End-to-End Data Capabilities

We cover the full data value chain, from platform architecture through to analytics and monetisation strategy. Every capability connects to the next.

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ConnectData Platform Architecture

We design and build the data platforms that power your organisation — end-to-end. From ingestion and storage through to modelling and reporting, every layer is architected for performance, scalability, and long-term reliability.

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Data Engineering & Pipelines

Raw data is useless until it’s structured. We build robust ETL/ELT pipelines that move, transform, and validate data at scale — turning messy source data into clean, reliable inputs your teams can actually work with.

3.

Analytics & Visualisation

Your team asks questions in Teams, Slack, or any platform. Lighthouse surfaces the right answer from your internal data, instantly.

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Data Governance & Architecture

Data quality, consistency, and accessibility aren’t optional — they’re what separates a usable data platform from an expensive mess. We design governance frameworks that scale with your business and stay compliant.

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Data Strategy & Roadmapping

We help leadership teams build a data strategy that’s grounded in business outcomes — not technology for its own sake. From current-state assessment to a prioritised roadmap, we give you a clear path forward.

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Data Monetisation

We help businesses identify how their data can generate revenue, reduce costs, or create operational advantage — and then build the infrastructure to make it happen. Data isn’t just a cost centre. It’s an asset.

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Successful Client Partnerships

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Continents and Growing

50 +

Technical Certifications & Degrees

1 %

Industry Agnostic

How We Work

From Assessment to Ongoing Optimization

We don’t drop an infrastructure design and disappear. Every engagement follows a structured process from current-state assessment through to an environment that’s actively governed, continuously optimized, and commercially intelligent.

Assess

Audit current cloud spend, infrastructure, and license estate, identifying waste and gaps

Strategise

Design the target architecture, commercial model, and optimization roadmap

Deploy

Implement cloud infrastructure, migrate workloads, and connect to existing systems

Secure

Apply security frameworks, governance controls, and compliance alignment

Optimise

Continuously monitor cost, performance, and license usage – iterating to maintain efficiency

Ready to Turn Your Data into a Strategic Asset?

Whether you need a data strategy, a new platform, or help untangling what you already have, we’re here to help you move forward with clarity.

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Our Technology Stack

Built on Microsoft. Open to Everything.

As a certified Microsoft Solutions Partner with designations in Data & AI (Azure), we have deep, proven expertise across the full Microsoft data stack. Microsoft Fabric is central to how we architect modern data platforms. Unifying data engineering, warehousing, analytics, and AI into a single, integrated environment. That said, we’re platform-agnostic by design. If your environment includes AWS, Google Cloud, Snowflake, or Databricks, we work with what’s right for you, not what’s right for us.

Got Questions?

We’ve Got the Answers.

What makes TrueNorth different from other IT consultancies?

Our approach combines deep Microsoft expertise with a platform-agnostic mindset, ensuring every solution fits your business goals, not just a specific tech stack.

Do you only work with Microsoft technologies?

No. While we’re a Microsoft Solutions Partner, our team is fluent across all major hyperscalers and platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Huawei Cloud.

Can you help us start small with AI or data projects?

Absolutely. We help organizations begin with scalable pilots, like analytics dashboards or automation workflows, and grow from there.

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